How extreme does Cuenca's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cuenca 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 Mariscal Lamar 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 Cuenca has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

90°F Aug 23, 1991

The three most extreme on record

1 90°F Aug 23, 1991

2 89°F Apr 28, 2015

3 88°F Feb 24, 2018

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Aug 29, 2019

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Aug 29, 2019

2 33°F Nov 29, 1993

3 34°F Jun 12, 1995

🌧️ Most rain in one day

5.99 in Sep 24, 2022

The three most extreme on record

1 5.99 in Sep 24, 2022recent

2 3.90 in Sep 9, 1991

3 3.78 in Jun 9, 2013

In plain terms

Across the record, Cuenca has reached as high as 90°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 18 years of daily observations at Pedro Canga, a weather station, about 170 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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