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Weather extremes

How extreme does Limón's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Puerto Limon station 3 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 Limón has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Jul 4, 2010

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Limón (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Jul 4, 2010
2 97°F Nov 16, 2013
3 96°F Oct 11, 2018
❄️ Coldest night
55°F Jan 5, 2012

About 14°F colder than a normal January night in Limón (typical low near 69°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 55°F Jan 5, 2012
2 56°F Dec 28, 1976
3 59°F Jan 19, 1974
🌧️ Most rain in one day
19.29 in Mar 15, 1978

More rain in a single day than Limón usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 10.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 19.29 in Mar 15, 1978
2 15.59 in Oct 30, 1978
3 15.35 in Apr 15, 1978

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 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Limón's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 102°F is about 16°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, Limón's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 55°F. A single day has delivered over 19 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 27 years of daily observations at Puerto Limon, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →