How extreme does Cúcuta's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cúcuta 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 Camilo Daza station 2 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 Cúcuta has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Oct 21, 1992

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal October afternoon in Cúcuta (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Oct 21, 1992

2 102°F Jun 2, 2006

3 102°F Aug 31, 2006

❄️ Coldest night

50°F Oct 31, 1993

About 24°F colder than a normal October night in Cúcuta (typical low near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Oct 31, 1993

2 53°F Dec 30, 2005

3 54°F Jan 20, 1993

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.09 in Nov 22, 1993

More rain in a single day than Cúcuta usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 2.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.09 in Nov 22, 1993

2 7.06 in Jul 19, 2002

3 6.97 in Nov 8, 2002

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.

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Cúcuta's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — October's 102°F is about 11°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, Cúcuta's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 50°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 24 years of daily observations at San Antonio Del Tachira / General Cipriano Castro Intl, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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