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Weather extremes

How extreme does Penticton's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Penticton has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 15 years of daily weather observations (2009–2024), from the Kelowna station 54 km away. Updated through April 2024 — 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 Penticton has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
112°F Jun 29, 2021

That is about 37°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Penticton (typical high near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 112°F Jun 29, 2021recent
2 110°F Jun 30, 2021
3 108°F Jun 28, 2021
❄️ Coldest night
-27°F Dec 22, 2022

About 49°F colder than a normal December night in Penticton (typical low near 22°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -27°F Dec 22, 2022recent
2 -23°F Dec 21, 2022
3 -22°F Dec 27, 2021
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.05 in Aug 31, 2015

More rain in a single day than Penticton usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.05 in Aug 31, 2015
2 3.29 in Sep 26, 2015
3 0.92 in Jun 20, 2013

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.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 112°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Penticton's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 112°F is about 37°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, Penticton's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 112°F and as low as −27°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 21 years of daily observations at Penticton A, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →