How extreme does Sur's weather get?

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

Based on 42 years of daily weather observations (1983–present), from the Sur station 6 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 Sur has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

121°F Jun 20, 1993

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Sur (typical high near 108°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 121°F Jun 20, 1993

2 121°F Jul 11, 1997

3 120°F Jun 10, 1991

❄️ Coldest night

42°F Jan 28, 1984

About 22°F colder than a normal January night in Sur (typical low near 64°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 42°F Jan 28, 1984

2 43°F Jan 22, 1986

3 50°F Mar 2, 1990

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.20 in Nov 24, 1990

More rain in a single day than Sur usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 0.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.20 in Nov 24, 1990

2 7.01 in Feb 9, 1994

3 6.42 in Nov 5, 1990

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.

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Sur's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 121°F is about 13°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, Sur's warmest days reach the high 100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 121°F and as low as 42°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 25 years of daily observations at Sur, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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