El Centro, CA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 98.4°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest August on record, in 97 years since 1926 (1927 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1934 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1935 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1 more year excluded for missing days); provisional.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 98.4°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 97, provisional
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 2024; 44th driest of 96

A normal August in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 93.1°F, between 90.9°F and 95.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.01 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.43 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in El Centro, CA since 1926: 98.4°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 90.9 to 95.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in El Centro, CA from 1926 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	98.4	1	111.4	1	85.3	1	0.01	50	0
2025	94.5	15	109.3	9	79.6	22	0.36	24	0
2024							0.00	75	27
2023	93.6	23	106.7	34	79.9	19	0.44	21	3
2022	95	8	106.8	32	83.1	3	trace	54	0
2021	93.7	18	107.2	28	80.1	18	trace	54	0
2020	96.6	3	111.1	2	82.2	6	trace	54	0
2019	94.9	10	110.1	7	79.7	20	trace	54	0
2018	95.8	5	108.8	12	83	4	0.00	75	2
2017	94.6	14	108.7	13	80.5	14	0.28	26	0
2016	95.8	5	109.7	8	81.9	8	0.00	75	0
2015	96.8	2	111.1	2	82.5	5	trace	54	0
2014	91.2	55	104.7	70	77.7	48	1.53	4	0
2013	91.5	48	105.3	56	77.6	51	0.57	15	0
2012	94.9	10	106.6	37	83.2	2	trace	54	0
2011	95	8	110.5	6	79.5	25	trace	54	0
2010	92.5	35	106.6	37	78.5	39	0.16	35	0
2009	93.2	25	108.5	14	77.8	47	0.00	75	0
2008	93	29	105.9	47	80.2	17	0.17	34	1
2007	95.6	7	109	11	82.2	6	0.05	42	0
2006	93.3	24	107.7	22	78.8	35	trace	54	0
2005	92.6	32	106	46	79.2	27	0.41	22	0
2004	91.1	58	106.4	43	75.8	72	trace	54	0
2003	92.3	36	105.5	51	79.1	28	1.00	8	0
2002	90.9	60	107.8	18	74	85	0.00	75	0
2001	93.2	25	107.6	23	78.9	34	trace	54	0
2000	93.1	27	106.5	40	79.7	20	trace	54	1
1999	89.9	78	104.5	73	75.3	77	0.18	33	0
1998	92.6	32	106.7	34	78.6	37	0.06	41	0
1997	92.6	32	105.7	49	79.5	25	0.00	75	0
1996	91.8	44	105.7	49	77.9	46	0.01	50	0
1995	94	17	107.5	24	80.4	16	0.02	47	0
1994	93.7	18	106.5	40	80.9	11	0.08	39	1
1993	90.3	71	104.5	73	76	70	0.03	46	0
1992	92	41	104.8	64	79.1	28	0.02	47	0
1991	90.9	60	105	62	76.9	61	0.00	75	0
1990	89	87	102.3	96	75.7	73	0.89	10	0
1989	89.4	84	103.1	90	75.7	73	0.09	38	0
1988	90.7	64	104.8	64	76.6	65	0.12	37	0
1987	91.2	55	105.5	51	77	60			0
1986	93.7	18	106.5	40	80.9	11	0.05	42	0
1985	92.1	40	107.1	29	77.2	57	0.15	36	0
1984	91.8	44	104.2	78	79.6	22	0.81	11	1
1983	89.8	80	101.5	98	78.1	42	1.21	6	0
1982	92.3	36	105.5	51	79.1	28	0.49	18	1
1981	94.9	10	109.2	10	80.7	13	0.46	19	0
1980	90	75	103.9	81	76.1	69	0.00	75	0
1979	87.3	96	101.1	100	73.5	90	0.20	32	0
1978	90.6	66	104.6	71	76.6	65	trace	54	0
1977	89.7	82	101.9	97	77.5	53	3.75	1	0
1976	88.1	94	103	92	73.2	93	trace	54	0
1975	91.4	53	107.4	26	75.5	75	0.00	75	0
1974	90	75	105.8	48	74.2	83	0.00	75	0
1973	90.3	71	105.1	59	75.5	75	0.27	28	0
1972	89	87	103	92	74.9	81	0.01	50	0
1971	92	41	105.1	59	79	33	0.31	25	0
1970	94.7	13	108.2	16	81.2	10	0.04	45	0
1969	96.3	4	110.7	5	81.8	9	trace	54	0
1968	88.7	90	103.7	83	73.8	89	trace	54	0
1967	93.7	18	107.8	18	79.6	22	0.25	30	0
1966	93.1	27	108	17	78.2	40	trace	54	0
1965	91.5	48	107.1	29	76	70	0.00	75	0
1964	91.2	55	105.3	56	77.1	58	trace	54	0
1963	90.5	69	104.4	76	76.7	63	0.37	23	0
1962	94.5	15	110.9	4	78.2	40	0.00	75	0
1961	91.1	58	104.6	71	77.7	48	0.75	12	0
1960	91.5	48	105	62	78.1	42	0.01	50	0
1959	90.6	66	103.6	85	77.6	51	0.02	47	0
1958	92.9	30	105.2	58	80.5	14	0.00	75	0
1957	90.3	71	103.1	90	77.5	53	0.45	20	0
1956	88.3	93	104.8	64	71.7	96	0.00	75	0
1955	90.9	60	103.2	88	78.6	37	0.53	16	0
1954	88.7	90	104	79	73.4	91	0.00	75	0
1953	90.7	64	105.1	59	76.2	68	0.00	75	0
1952	92.2	39	106.7	34	77.7	48	0.28	26	0
1951	89.6	83	104	79	75.1	79	1.79	3	0
1950	90.5	69	107	31	74	85	0.00	75	0
1949	89.8	80	106.2	45	73.4	91	0.00	75	0
1948	91.3	54	107.4	26	75.2	78	0.00	75	0
1947	89.2	85	104.4	76	74	85	trace	54	0
1946	92	41	104.8	64	79.1	28	2.16	2	0
1945	90.2	74	103	92	77.4	55	1.44	5	0
1944	91.5	48	107.8	18	75.1	79	0.00	75	0
1943	88.8	89	103.6	85	74.1	84	0.90	9	0
1942	91.8	44	106.8	32	76.9	61	0.65	13	0
1941	87.2	97	101.5	98	73	94			0
1940	92.3	36	107.5	24	77.1	58			0
1939	92.7	31	106.3	44	79.1	28	trace	54	0
1938	90.8	63	104.8	64	76.7	63	0.23	31	0
1937	93.7	18	108.5	14	78.8	35	0.00	75	0
1936	91.8	44	105.5	51	78.1	42	trace	54	0
1935			103.7	83			1.14	7	4
1934			107.8	18			0.08	39	4
1933	91.5	48	106.6	37	76.3	67	0.63	14	0
1932	89.9	78	105.4	55	74.4	82	0.00	75	0
1931	90	75	102.6	95	77.3	56	0.51	17	0
1930	87.5	95	103.4	87	71.6	97			1
1929	90.6	66	103.2	88	78.1	42	0.26	29	0
1928	88.6	92	104.8	64	72.2	95			2
1927			103.9	81			trace	54	4
1926	89.2	85	104.5	73	74	85	0.05	42	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	98.4
2015	96.8
2020	96.6
1969	96.3
2018	95.8
2016	95.8
2007	95.6
2022	95
2011	95
2019	94.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	87.2
1979	87.3
1930	87.5
1976	88.1
1956	88.3
1928	88.6
1968	88.7
1954	88.7
1943	88.8
1990	89
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	3.75
1946	2.16
1951	1.79
2014	1.53
1945	1.44
1983	1.21
1935	1.14
2003	1.00
1943	0.90
1990	0.89

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
2018	0.00
2016	0.00
2009	0.00
2002	0.00
1997	0.00
1991	0.00
1980	0.00
1975	0.00
1974	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 117°F; 2 August 2026, 1 August 2026
Coldest night: 81°F; 21 August 2026, 13 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 12 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.01 in of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the driest August since 2024, tied 44th driest of 96 (with 1996, 1972 and 1960).
The hottest day of August 2026 in El Centro, CA: 117°F on Sunday 2 August 2026 and Saturday 1 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in El Centro, CA: a low of 81°F on Friday 21 August 2026 and Thursday 13 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in El Centro, CA: 0.01 in on Wednesday 12 August 2026.