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Weather extremes
How extreme does Lake Elsinore's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lake Elsinore has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Lake Elsinore has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 24°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Lake Elsinore (typical high near 92°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 19°F colder than a normal February night in Lake Elsinore (typical low near 38°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Lake Elsinore usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Lake Elsinore's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 116°F is about 24°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Santa Ana Fire Stn (NOAA GHCN station USC00047888), about 51 km from the city centre.