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Weather extremes

How extreme does Maceió's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Maceió 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 Zumbi Dos Palmares station 18 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 Maceió has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Feb 10, 1994

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Maceió (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Feb 10, 1994
2 100°F Oct 7, 1993
3 100°F Oct 8, 1993
❄️ Coldest night
53°F Aug 13, 1998

About 15°F colder than a normal August night in Maceió (typical low near 68°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 53°F Aug 13, 1998
2 59°F Jul 31, 2014
3 60°F Jul 9, 2016
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.87 in Nov 24, 2017

More rain in a single day than Maceió usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 1.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.87 in Nov 24, 2017
2 7.09 in Sep 9, 1994
3 6.69 in May 17, 2008

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.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Maceió's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 102°F is about 14°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, Maceió's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 53°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 Maceio, about 4 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →