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Weather extremes

How extreme does Arrecife's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Arrecife has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1972–present), from the Lanzarote/Aeropuerto station 5 km away. Updated through April 2026 — 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 Arrecife has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
110°F Aug 6, 1980

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Arrecife (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Aug 6, 1980
2 110°F Jul 25, 2022
3 109°F Jul 25, 2004
❄️ Coldest night
46°F Jan 10, 1974

About 12°F colder than a normal January night in Arrecife (typical low near 58°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 46°F Jan 10, 1974
2 46°F Feb 7, 2018
3 47°F Jan 28, 1976
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.81 in Jan 25, 1980

More rain in a single day than Arrecife usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 0.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.81 in Jan 25, 1980
2 2.17 in Feb 16, 1989
3 2.00 in Dec 5, 1991

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.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 110°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Arrecife's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 110°F is about 25°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, Arrecife's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 46°F. A single day has delivered over 3 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 30 years of daily observations at Lanzarote/aeropuerto, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →