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How extreme does Tarragona's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Tarragona 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 Reus/Aeropuerto station 7 km away. Updated through February 2026 — 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 Tarragona has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Aug 4, 2018

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Tarragona (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Aug 4, 2018
2 103°F Aug 17, 2025
3 102°F Jul 24, 2023
❄️ Coldest night
18°F Feb 11, 1983

About 22°F colder than a normal February night in Tarragona (typical low near 40°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 18°F Feb 11, 1983
2 18°F Jan 16, 1985
3 18°F Dec 20, 2009
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.70 in Oct 9, 2018

More rain in a single day than Tarragona usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 2.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.70 in Oct 9, 2018
2 5.45 in Sep 12, 2006
3 4.23 in Oct 22, 2019

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.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Tarragona's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 104°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, Tarragona's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 18°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 30 years of daily observations at Reus/aeropuerto, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →