Panama City's weather extremes

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Panama City has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do. This station's daily record ended in 2023, so these are historical extremes from that period, not records updated to today.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1972–2023), from the Panama City 5N station 10 km away. Updated through November 2023 — 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 Panama City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Aug 23, 2007

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Panama City (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Aug 23, 2007

2 101°F Jul 14, 1980

3 101°F Jul 19, 2000

❄️ Coldest night

2°F Jan 12, 2000

About 41°F colder than a normal January night in Panama City (typical low near 43°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 2°F Jan 12, 2000

2 6°F Jan 21, 1985

3 11°F Jan 19, 1977

🌧️ Most rain in one day

12.80 in Sep 2, 1998

More rain in a single day than Panama City usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 7.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.80 in Sep 2, 1998

2 10.72 in Apr 4, 1984

3 8.59 in Jul 5, 2013

⛄ Most snow in one day

0.5 in Feb 10, 1973

Top recorded days

1 0.5 in Feb 10, 1973

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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Panama City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 102°F is about 11°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, Panama City's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 2°F. A single day has delivered over 13 inches of rain or close to 1 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Panama City 5N (NOAA GHCN station USC00086842), about 10 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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