How extreme does Ponta Delgada's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day

94°F Oct 19, 2016

That is about 22°F hotter than a normal October afternoon in Ponta Delgada (typical high near 71°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 94°F Oct 19, 2016

2 86°F Jul 29, 2016

3 85°F Aug 15, 2022

❄️ Coldest night

30°F Feb 5, 2004

About 23°F colder than a normal February night in Ponta Delgada (typical low near 54°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 30°F Feb 5, 2004

2 33°F May 6, 2003

3 34°F May 12, 2001

🌧️ Most rain in one day

11.89 in Sep 10, 1997

More rain in a single day than Ponta Delgada usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 3.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.89 in Sep 10, 1997

2 10.24 in Jan 25, 2020

3 5.67 in Dec 19, 2001

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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Ponta Delgada's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — October's 94°F is about 22°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, Ponta Delgada's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 94°F and as low as 30°F. A single day has delivered over 12 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 24 years of daily observations at Ponta Delgada, 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 →

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