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Weather extremes
How extreme does Recife's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Recife has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Recife has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 14°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Recife (typical high near 89°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 16°F colder than a normal August night in Recife (typical low near 73°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 94% of a typical May's rain in a single day (Recife averages roughly 6.6 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Recife'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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from INMET, Brazil's national meteorological institute, measured at Recife, about 4 km from the city centre.