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Weather extremes

How extreme does Bucaramanga's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Bucaramanga 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 Palonegro station 7 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 Bucaramanga has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
98°F Mar 13, 2024

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Bucaramanga (typical high near 79°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 98°F Mar 13, 2024recent
2 98°F Aug 23, 1991
3 97°F Apr 28, 2001
❄️ Coldest night
35°F Mar 5, 2006

About 31°F colder than a normal March night in Bucaramanga (typical low near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 35°F Mar 5, 2006
2 48°F Jan 15, 2012
3 50°F Apr 23, 1997
🌧️ Most rain in one day
14.20 in May 12, 2024

More rain in a single day than Bucaramanga usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 3.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 14.20 in May 12, 2024recent
2 7.17 in Jul 30, 1993
3 7.17 in Nov 12, 1998

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.

10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 98°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Bucaramanga's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 98°F is about 19°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, Bucaramanga's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 98°F and as low as 35°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 28 years of daily observations at Palonegro, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →