The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Santa Elena 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 General Ulpiano Paez station 15 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 Santa Elena
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
93°FApr 30, 2020
The three most extreme on record
193°FApr 30, 2020
292°FApr 28, 1994
391°FFeb 7, 2024
❄️Coldest night
33°FAug 4, 1996
The three most extreme on record
133°FAug 4, 1996
236°FJun 27, 1992
348°FAug 30, 2017
🌧️Most rain in one day
5.44 inAug 17, 2019
The three most extreme on record
15.44 inAug 17, 2019
22.91 inFeb 16, 2025
32.76 inFeb 21, 2023
In plain terms
Across the record, Santa Elena has reached as high as 93°F and as low as 33°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 157 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.