How extreme does Contagem's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Contagem 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 Pampulha Carlos Drummond De Andrade station 14 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 Contagem has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

104°F Mar 27, 1993

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Contagem (typical high near 84°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Mar 27, 1993

2 102°F Apr 2, 1995

3 101°F Apr 29, 1994

❄️ Coldest night

43°F Jun 10, 1997

About 14°F colder than a normal June night in Contagem (typical low near 57°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 43°F Jun 10, 1997

2 43°F Jul 18, 2000

3 43°F Jul 18, 2016

🌧️ Most rain in one day

16.73 in Nov 5, 1992

The three most extreme on record

1 16.73 in Nov 5, 1992

2 10.63 in Dec 19, 1992

3 9.61 in Nov 6, 1992

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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Contagem's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 104°F is about 19°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, Contagem's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 43°F. A single day has delivered over 17 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 INMET, Brazil's national meteorological institute, measured at Belo Horizonte, about 11 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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