El Centro, CA: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 81.5°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest 1 January to 9 October on record, in 95 years since 1927 (1932 excluded: 32 of 283 days missing; 1934 excluded: 38 of 282 days missing; 1935 excluded: 31 of 282 days missing; 2 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 81.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 95, provisional
Precipitation: 0.23 in; Driest since 2024; 7th driest of 88

A normal 1 January to 9 October in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 76.8°F, between 75.5°F and 78.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.63 in of precipitation, between 0.48 in and 3.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in El Centro, CA since 1927: 81.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 75.5 to 78.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in El Centro, CA from 1925 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	81.5	1	96.1	1	66.9	1	0.23	81	0
2025							0.98	63	46
2024							0.10	86	68
2023	75.1	70	89.4	88	61	45	1.68	37	10
2022	78.3	8	92.9	11	63.7	7	1.10	58	0
2021	77.8	11	92.7	14	62.9	13	0.02	88	0
2020	78.8	4	93.9	4	63.5	10	0.64	72	15
2019	76.6	31	90.7	63	62.3	20	1.07	60	16
2018	79	3	93.8	5	64.1	4	0.80	67	3
2017	78.6	7	93	10	64.3	2	2.03	25	0
2016	79.1	2	94.3	3	63.9	6	0.91	64	5
2015	78.8	4	93.2	7	64.3	2	1.65	38	0
2014	78.7	6	93.7	6	63.6	8	1.61	42	0
2013	77.2	20	92.2	24	62.3	20	1.77	34	0
2012	77.7	12	92.9	11	62.4	18	1.26	53	1
2011	76.1	45	91.2	54	60.9	49	0.85	66	0
2010	76	50	90.6	68	61.4	40	4.83	2	1
2009	77.7	12	93.2	7	62.3	20	0.37	79	0
2008	76.7	29	91.9	32	61.5	38	0.72	70	2
2007	77.5	16	93.1	9	62.2	25	0.54	74	3
2006	77.6	15	92.4	19	62.8	14	0.43	76	0
2005	76	50	90.3	72	61.7	33	2.66	13	18
2004	76.1	45	91.8	35	60.3	56	2.05	24	0
2003	76.6	31	91.6	42	61.6	36	2.48	15	0
2002	75.5	59	92	27	59	81	0.04	87	0
2001	76.4	35	91.8	35	61	45	1.36	50	4
2000	78.1	9	92	27	64	5	0.49	75	4
1999	74.5	79	89.6	82	59.5	71	2.01	26	1
1998	74.4	81	88.6	94	60.1	60	3.10	9	1
1997	76.4	35	91.2	54	61.7	33	2.72	11	2
1996	77.3	17	92.2	24	62.4	18	0.77	68	1
1995	76.2	41	90.6	68	61.8	31	2.11	23	0
1994	76.9	26	91.8	35	62	28	2.01	26	4
1993	76.4	35	91.2	54	61.7	33	4.51	3	1
1992	76.9	26	91.1	58	62.6	15	3.44	8	0
1991	75.3	63	89.8	79	60.8	50	2.94	10	1
1990	76.3	39	90.5	70	62	28	1.46	49	0
1989	77.3	17	92.3	21	62.3	20	0.75	69	0
1988	76.3	39	91.3	51	61.3	43	1.25	55	2
1987	77.1	21	92	27	62.2	25	0.42	77	4
1986	78.1	9	92.7	14	63.5	10	1.54	45	0
1985	76.4	35	90.7	63	61.9	30	1.83	31	2
1984	77.7	12	91.9	32	63.6	8	1.80	33	3
1983	76.5	33	89.8	79	63.1	12	5.12	1	2
1982	75.3	63	89.6	82	61.3	43	2.34	18	6
1981	77.1	21	91.7	39	62.5	16	2.29	19	0
1980	75.2	68	89.5	86	60.8	50	4.11	7	0
1979	73.8	87	88	98	59.6	67	1.85	30	0
1978	75.3	63	89.2	90	61.4	40	2.24	20	0
1977	73.8	87	88.4	96	59.3	75	4.14	6	0
1976	73.5	91	88.1	97	58.9	82	4.20	4	0
1975	73.2	94	88.5	95	58	88	1.27	52	0
1974	75.6	58	90.9	62	60.3	56	1.63	40	0
1973	73.9	86	89.3	89	58.5	86	1.26	53	0
1972	75.9	52	91.7	39	60	62	1.60	43	0
1971	74.8	78	91	60	58.7	85	1.11	57	0
1970	75.9	52	91.7	39	60.2	59	1.49	48	0
1969	76.7	29	91.8	35	61.5	38	1.72	35	0
1968	75.9	52	91.9	32	59.9	63	1.72	35	1
1967	75.2	68	90.7	63	59.6	67	1.63	40	0
1966	76.1	45	92	27	60.1	60	1.36	50	0
1965	74.1	84	90.4	71	57.7	91	1.08	59	0
1964	73.8	87	90	76	57.5	92	0.25	80	0
1963	75.3	63	91.3	51	59.2	78	1.55	44	0
1962	75.7	56	92.3	21	59.2	78	1.06	61	0
1961	76.2	41	91.5	45	61	45	0.99	62	0
1960	76.9	26	91.6	42	62.3	20	1.53	46	0
1959	77.1	21	92.1	26	62.1	27	0.68	71	7
1958	77.1	21	91.6	42	62.5	16	2.70	12	0
1957	76.2	41	90.7	63	61.8	31	1.22	56	0
1956	75.7	56	91.5	45	59.9	63	0.15	85	0
1955	74.1	84	88.9	93	59.3	75	2.48	15	0
1954	76.5	33	92	27	61	45	0.62	73	2
1953	75.5	59	91.4	48	59.7	66	0.20	83	0
1952	75.3	63	90.2	73	60.4	54	1.81	32	0
1951	75	71	90.7	63	59.3	75	2.50	14	0
1950	75	71	91	60	59.1	80	0.42	77	0
1949	74.5	79	89.5	86	59.4	74	1.87	29	2
1948	75	71	91.4	48	58.4	87	0.23	81	3
1947	76.1	45	92.3	21	60.3	56	0.16	84	9
1946	75.8	55	91.1	58	60.5	53	2.23	21	4
1945	75	71	89.6	82	60.4	54	2.14	22	1
1944	73.6	90	89.2	90	57.9	89	1.50	47	0
1943	76.2	41	92.6	16	59.9	63	2.00	28	0
1942	75.5	59	91.5	45	59.5	71	2.48	15	1
1941	74.3	83	89.2	90	59.5	71			1
1940	77.1	21	92.9	11	61.4	40			1
1939	74.9	77	90.2	73	59.6	67			0
1938	75.5	59	91.3	51	59.6	67			1
1937	74.4	81	89.9	78	58.9	82			2
1936	77.3	17	92.5	17	61.6	36			11
1935			90.2	73			4.17	5	31
1934			95	2					38
1933	73.5	91	89.6	82	57.4	93			1
1932									32
1931	76.1	45	91.4	48	60.8	50			1
1930	73.4	93	90	76	56.9	94			2
1929	72.8	95	89.7	81	56.7	95	1.64	39	22
1928	75	71	92.4	19	57.9	89			17
1927	75	71	91.2	54	58.8	84	0.89	65	19
1926			92.5	17					42
1925									273

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	81.5
2016	79.1
2018	79
2020	78.8
2015	78.8
2014	78.7
2017	78.6
2022	78.3
2000	78.1
1986	78.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1929	72.8
1975	73.2
1930	73.4
1976	73.5
1933	73.5
1944	73.6
1979	73.8
1977	73.8
1964	73.8
1973	73.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	5.12
2010	4.83
1993	4.51
1976	4.20
1935	4.17
1977	4.14
1980	4.11
1992	3.44
1998	3.10
1991	2.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	0.02
2002	0.04
2024	0.10
1956	0.15
1947	0.16
1953	0.20
2026	0.23
1948	0.23
1964	0.25
2009	0.37

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 118°F; 25 July 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.16 in; 28 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	59.7°F 5th warmest of 97	a trace 11th driest of 96
February	66.3°F Warmest of 95	a trace 14th driest of 94
March	77.1°F Warmest of 98	a trace 19th driest of 98
April	73.6°F 14th warmest of 98	0.00 in Driest of 98
May	79.5°F 25th warmest of 99	0.00 in Driest of 93
June	89.9°F 5th warmest of 99	a trace 7th wettest of 94
July	96.7°F 5th warmest of 98	0.01 in 38th wettest of 100
August	98.4°F Warmest of 97	0.01 in 44th driest of 96
September	89.4°F 10th warmest of 93	0.21 in 27th wettest of 95
October so far	88°F 2nd warmest of 94	0.00 in Driest of 100

Hot days and freezes

El Centro, CA has had 191 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 1934 (2024 excluded: 66 of 283 days missing; 2025 excluded: 45 of 282 days missing), 2nd most of 98.
El Centro, CA has had 140 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most on record by that date, in 98 years since 1926 (1932 excluded: 31 of 283 days missing; 2024 excluded: 66 of 283 days missing; 2025 excluded: 45 of 282 days missing); provisional.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
9 October	Warmest day	106°F	104°F 1996, 1991, 1934	Confirmed
8 October	Warmest day	107°F	106°F 1996	Confirmed
7 October	Warmest day	106°F	105°F 1991	Confirmed
26 August	Warmest day	116°F	115°F 1981	Provisional
29 March	Warmest day	100°F	97°F 1969	Provisional
28 March	Warmest day	102°F	98°F 2015	Provisional
27 March	Warmest day	102°F	99°F 1988, 1986	Provisional
26 March	Warmest day	100°F	98°F 1988	Provisional
23 March	Warmest day	97°F	93°F 1990	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	100°F	96°F 2004	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	106°F	100°F 2004	Provisional
20 March	Warmest day	107°F	98°F 2004	Provisional
19 March	Warmest day	105°F	96°F 2017	Provisional
18 March	Warmest day	103°F	95°F 2007	Provisional
13 March	Warmest day	96°F	95°F 2017, 2007	Provisional
1 March	Warmest day	96°F	91°F 2016	Provisional
28 February	Warmest day	97°F	92°F 1986	Provisional
4 February	Warmest day	87°F	86°F 2018	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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El Centro, CA the day's answers

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2026 so far brought 0.23 in of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, tied 7th driest of 88 (with 1948).
The hottest day of 2026 so far in El Centro, CA: 118°F on Saturday 25 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in El Centro, CA: a low of 35°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in El Centro, CA: 0.16 in on Monday 28 September 2026.