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Weather extremes

How extreme does Penza's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Penza 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 Penza station 7 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 Penza has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Aug 1, 2010

That is about 27°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Penza (typical high near 78°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Aug 1, 2010
2 104°F Aug 2, 2010
3 103°F Jul 28, 2010
❄️ Coldest night
-41°F Dec 31, 1978

About 56°F colder than a normal December night in Penza (typical low near 15°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -41°F Dec 31, 1978
2 -40°F Jan 1, 1979
3 -37°F Feb 5, 1976
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.06 in Aug 18, 2012

More rain in a single day than Penza usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.06 in Aug 18, 2012
2 3.39 in Jul 22, 2016
3 3.19 in Jul 7, 1989

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.

-70°-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Penza's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 105°F is about 27°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, Penza's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as −41°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 Penza, 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 →