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Weather extremes

How extreme does Orange's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Jan 28, 2026

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Orange (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Jan 28, 2026recent
2 101°F Feb 15, 2004
3 100°F Feb 21, 2004
❄️ Coldest night
22°F Sep 24, 1979

About 18°F colder than a normal September night in Orange (typical low near 40°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 22°F Sep 24, 1979
2 22°F Jul 13, 2000
3 22°F Jul 17, 2007
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.07 in Mar 1, 2013

More rain in a single day than Orange usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 2.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.07 in Mar 1, 2013
2 3.88 in Jan 24, 1992
3 3.78 in Nov 8, 2005

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° all-time high 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Orange's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 102°F is about 21°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, Orange's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 22°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 28 years of daily observations at Orange Agricultural Institute, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →