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Paradise's weather extremes

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Paradise has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do. This station's daily record ended in 2022, so these are historical extremes from that period, not records updated to today.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–2022), from the Paradise station. Updated through August 2022 — 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 Paradise has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
113°F Aug 5, 1998

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Paradise (typical high near 90°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 113°F Aug 5, 1998
2 111°F Aug 8, 1981
3 109°F Aug 10, 1996
❄️ Coldest night
4°F Feb 27, 1989

About 38°F colder than a normal February night in Paradise (typical low near 42°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 4°F Feb 27, 1989
2 14°F Dec 8, 1972
3 14°F Dec 9, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.13 in Mar 30, 1974

More rain in a single day than Paradise usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 8.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.13 in Mar 30, 1974
2 7.86 in Dec 12, 1995
3 6.87 in Dec 14, 2002
Most snow in one day
17.5 in Jan 29, 1975

The three most extreme on record

1 17.5 in Jan 29, 1975
2 11.0 in Jan 27, 1972
3 8.0 in Dec 6, 1972

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°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 113°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Paradise's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 113°F is about 23°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, Paradise'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 113°F and as low as 4°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain or close to 18 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 Paradise (NOAA GHCN station USC00046685), inside the city.

How we build these numbers →