The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Chiquimula has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 28 years of daily weather observations (1997–present), from the Zacapa station 19 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 Chiquimula
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
111°FMay 18, 2024
The three most extreme on record
1111°FMay 18, 2024recent
2109°FApr 6, 1998
3109°FApr 30, 2017
❄️Coldest night
52°FDec 19, 2023
The three most extreme on record
152°FDec 19, 2023recent
254°FJan 23, 2009
354°FMar 4, 2013
🌧️Most rain in one day
1.78 inMay 1, 2014
The three most extreme on record
11.78 inMay 1, 2014
20.94 inMay 3, 2014
30.48 inJun 2, 2014
In plain terms
Across the record, Chiquimula has reached as high as 111°F and as low as 52°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 25 years of daily observations at Nueva Ocotepeque, a weather station, about 55 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.