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Weather extremes
How extreme does Punta Arenas's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 22°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Punta Arenas (typical high near 60°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 25°F colder than a normal June night in Punta Arenas (typical low near 31°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Punta Arenas usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 1.2 in).
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.
Punta Arenas's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 82°F is about 22°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 the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Carlosibanezaeropuertopuntaare, about 18 km from the city centre.