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Weather extremes

How extreme does Santa Marta's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Santa Marta has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Simon Bolivar station 14 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Santa Marta has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
110°F Feb 10, 2019

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Santa Marta (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Feb 10, 2019
2 105°F Mar 29, 1991
3 105°F Dec 21, 2001
❄️ Coldest night
57°F Apr 25, 2001

About 22°F colder than a normal April night in Santa Marta (typical low near 79°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 57°F Apr 25, 2001
2 57°F Jul 16, 2005
3 59°F Mar 22, 2025
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.21 in Apr 20, 2007

More rain in a single day than Santa Marta usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.21 in Apr 20, 2007
2 7.20 in May 9, 1991
3 7.05 in Nov 8, 1991

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 110°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Santa Marta's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 110°F is about 18°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Santa Marta's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 56°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Simon Bolivar, a weather station, about 14 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →