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Weather extremes

How extreme does Olinda's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Olinda 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 Guararapes Gilberto Freyre Intl station 15 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 Olinda has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Feb 20, 1995

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

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Feb 20, 1995
2 103°F May 2, 1998
3 102°F Dec 18, 1997
❄️ Coldest night
57°F Aug 1, 1995

About 16°F colder than a normal August night in Olinda (typical low near 73°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 57°F Aug 1, 1995
2 59°F Jan 26, 2000
3 60°F Apr 10, 2006
🌧️ Most rain in one day
6.18 in May 28, 2022

About 94% of a typical May's rain in a single day (Olinda averages roughly 6.6 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.18 in May 28, 2022recent
2 5.63 in Aug 1, 2000
3 4.33 in Feb 6, 2025

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 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Olinda's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 103°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, Olinda's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as 57°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 Recife, about 8 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →