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Weather extremes

How extreme does Funchal's weather get?

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

Based on 29 years of daily weather observations (1996–present), from the Funchal station 4 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 Funchal has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Jun 27, 2023

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Funchal (typical high near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Jun 27, 2023recent
2 101°F Aug 9, 2016
3 100°F Jul 25, 2004
❄️ Coldest night
35°F Mar 12, 1998

About 23°F colder than a normal March night in Funchal (typical low near 58°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 35°F Mar 12, 1998
2 47°F Mar 15, 2011
3 49°F Jan 11, 1999
🌧️ Most rain in one day
13.86 in Jan 16, 1997

More rain in a single day than Funchal usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 2.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.86 in Jan 16, 1997
2 5.55 in Feb 2, 2010
3 5.47 in Apr 8, 2008

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

Funchal's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 101°F is about 26°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, Funchal's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as 35°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 16 years of daily observations at Funchal, 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 →