How extreme does Santa Fe's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Santa Fe 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 Parana Aero station 26 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 Santa Fe has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

108°F Jan 14, 2022

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Santa Fe (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 108°F Jan 14, 2022recent

2 107°F Jan 13, 2022

3 107°F Jan 15, 2022

❄️ Coldest night

19°F Jul 10, 1976

About 26°F colder than a normal July night in Santa Fe (typical low near 45°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 19°F Jul 10, 1976

2 20°F Jul 26, 1975

3 21°F Jun 15, 1979

🌧️ Most rain in one day

13.78 in Mar 2, 1981

More rain in a single day than Santa Fe usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 7.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.78 in Mar 2, 1981

2 11.81 in Jan 29, 1978

3 9.69 in Aug 21, 1989

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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Santa Fe's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 108°F is about 20°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, Santa Fe's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 108°F and as low as 19°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Sauce_viejo_aero, about 11 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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