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 33 years of daily weather observations (1992–present), from the Chinandega station 35 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 León has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

108°F Jul 4, 2006

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in León (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 108°F Jul 4, 2006

2 104°F Apr 28, 2000

3 104°F Apr 7, 2020

❄️ Coldest night

57°F Jan 30, 2012

About 15°F colder than a normal January night in León (typical low near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 57°F Jan 30, 2012

2 58°F Dec 31, 1999

3 59°F Apr 25, 1993

🌧️ Most rain in one day

9.00 in Sep 17, 1993

The three most extreme on record

1 9.00 in Sep 17, 1993

2 6.59 in Jul 29, 1996

3 5.68 in Dec 27, 2001

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.

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León's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 108°F is about 16°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 mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 108°F and as low as 57°F. A single day has delivered over 9 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 22 years of daily observations at Choluteca, a weather station, about 102 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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