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Weather extremes

How extreme does León's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days León 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 (1971–present), from the Leon Virgen Del Camino station 7 km away. Updated through February 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 León has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Aug 13, 1987

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in León (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Aug 13, 1987
2 101°F Jul 17, 2022
3 100°F Jul 14, 2022
❄️ Coldest night
5°F Dec 20, 2009

About 27°F colder than a normal December night in León (typical low near 32°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 5°F Dec 20, 2009
2 7°F Jan 3, 1971
3 8°F Jan 2, 1971
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.88 in Sep 26, 1987

More rain in a single day than León usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 1.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.88 in Sep 26, 1987
2 2.94 in Aug 3, 1981
3 2.22 in Jul 4, 1993

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.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 101°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

León's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 101°F is about 20°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, León's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as 5°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 Leon Virgen Del Camino, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →