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Weather extremes
How extreme does Punta Cana's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Punta Cana 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 Cana has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 13°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Punta Cana (typical high near 89°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 16°F colder than a normal January night in Punta Cana (typical low near 70°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Punta Cana usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 4.1 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 Cana's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 102°F is about 13°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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Punta Cana Intl, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.