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Weather extremes

How extreme does Lake Havasu City's weather get?

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

Based on 35 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Lake Havasu City station 4 km away. Updated through April 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 Lake Havasu City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
128°F Jun 29, 1994

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Lake Havasu City (typical high near 105°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 128°F Jun 29, 1994
2 126°F Jun 27, 1994
3 126°F Jul 16, 1998
❄️ Coldest night
28°F Feb 4, 2011

About 18°F colder than a normal February night in Lake Havasu City (typical low near 46°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 28°F Feb 4, 2011
2 29°F Jan 14, 2007
3 29°F Jan 14, 2013
🌧️ Most rain in one day
1.86 in Aug 3, 2005

More rain in a single day than Lake Havasu City usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 1.86 in Aug 3, 2005
2 1.62 in Sep 4, 1998
3 1.35 in Jan 25, 1995

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°30°50°70°90°110°130°150° all-time high 128°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Lake Havasu City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 128°F is about 23°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, Lake Havasu City's warmest days reach the high 100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 128°F and as low as 28°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Lake Havasu City (NOAA GHCN station USC00024761), about 4 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →