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Weather extremes
How extreme does Mexico City's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Mexico City has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Mexico City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 35°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Mexico City (typical high near 77°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 17°F colder than a normal January night in Mexico City (typical low near 46°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Mexico City usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 2.2 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Mexico City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 112°F is about 35°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Playa Caleta 454 Colonia Marte, about 5 km from the city centre.