El Centro, CA: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 95.1°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest summer on record, in 98 years since 1927 (2024 excluded: 29 of 92 days missing; 2025 excluded: 14 of 92 days missing); provisional.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 95.1°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 98, provisional
Precipitation: 0.02 in; Driest since 2024; 29th driest of 91

A normal summer in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 91.1°F, between 88.7°F and 93.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.06 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.92 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in El Centro, CA since 1927: 95.1°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 88.7 to 93.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	95.1	1	109.2	2	80.9	1	0.02	62	0
2025							0.36	28	14
2024							trace	67	29
2023	90.8	32	105.4	43	76.1	27	0.44	26	8
2022	93.1	6	106.8	16	79.4	4	trace	67	0
2021	93.1	6	107.6	8	78.6	6	trace	67	0
2020	92.4	10	107.9	6	76.8	18	trace	67	0
2019	91.9	13	107.2	13	76.7	20	trace	67	2
2018	93.3	5	107.8	7	78.8	5	trace	67	2
2017	93.4	4	108.4	3	78.4	7	0.63	18	0
2016	94.9	2	110	1	79.8	2	trace	67	2
2015	92.3	11	106.8	16	77.8	9	0.34	30	0
2014	91.6	16	106.2	28	77	15	1.53	5	0
2013	91.7	15	106.3	26	77.2	12	0.62	19	0
2012	91.5	19	105.8	33	77.3	11	1.01	10	0
2011	91	26	106.6	21	75.4	36	0.11	45	0
2010	91.2	24	106.2	28	76.2	26	0.18	40	0
2009	91.6	16	106.6	21	76.6	22	trace	67	0
2008	91.9	13	106.7	19	77.1	13	0.18	40	2
2007	92.6	9	107.6	8	77.6	10	0.05	54	3
2006	93.9	3	108.4	3	79.5	3	trace	67	0
2005	90.9	29	105.7	36	76.1	27	0.49	21	0
2004	89.4	59	105.5	39	73.4	72	trace	67	0
2003	90.4	39	105.4	43	75.4	36	1.00	11	0
2002	90.8	32	107.6	8	73.9	63	0.00	87	0
2001	90.9	29	106.5	24	75.3	39	trace	67	1
2000	91	26	105.1	49	77	15	trace	67	1
1999	87.8	92	102.8	96	72.7	85	0.91	12	0
1998	88.8	71	103.7	80	74	59	0.06	51	0
1997	88.2	84	103	93	73.3	73	0.01	64	1
1996	89.7	51	104.9	55	74.4	53	0.58	20	1
1995	89.5	55	104.7	62	74.2	56	0.04	55	0
1994	91.6	16	106.3	26	76.8	18	0.08	49	2
1993	88.9	69	104.1	72	73.7	65	0.03	60	1
1992	88.7	73	103.2	90	74.3	55	0.02	62	0
1991	87.3	94	102.1	99	72.5	88	0.47	23	0
1990	89.5	55	103.7	80	75.3	39	0.89	14	0
1989	89.7	51	104.7	62	74.6	47	0.09	48	0
1988	89.2	64	103.8	79	74.5	49	0.17	42	0
1987	89.7	51	105.3	45	74.1	57			0
1986	91.4	20	106.1	30	76.6	22	0.11	45	0
1985	91.4	20	106.7	19	76	30	0.17	42	0
1984	89.9	49	102.9	94	76.9	17	1.57	4	2
1983	88.7	73	102.9	94	74.5	49	1.21	8	0
1982	88.5	78	103.6	83	73.6	68	0.49	21	1
1981	93.1	6	108	5	78.3	8	0.46	24	0
1980	89.7	51	104.7	62	74.6	47	0.06	51	0
1979	87.9	89	103.1	91	72.7	85	0.26	34	0
1978	90.7	34	105.8	33	75.5	34	0.19	39	0
1977	89.5	55	103.9	75	75.1	42	3.76	1	0
1976	88.1	85	103.3	88	73	78	0.11	45	0
1975	89.1	66	105.1	49	73.1	77	0.22	38	0
1974	90.3	41	106	32	74.5	49	0.01	64	0
1973	89.4	59	105.5	39	73.3	73	0.27	33	0
1972	89.8	50	104.8	59	74.7	46	0.03	60	0
1971	90.1	45	105.8	33	74.4	53	0.31	31	0
1970	92.1	12	107.6	8	76.7	20	0.04	55	0
1969	91.1	25	106.1	30	76.1	27	trace	67	0
1968	89	67	104.9	55	73	78	1.14	9	1
1967	90.2	42	105.3	45	75	43	0.25	36	0
1966	90.9	29	106.8	16	75	43	trace	67	0
1965	87.7	93	104.1	72	71.3	95	trace	67	0
1964	89.3	62	104.6	67	74	59	trace	67	0
1963	88.5	78	104.1	72	72.8	81	0.37	27	0
1962	90.2	42	107.5	12	72.8	81	0.07	50	0
1961	90.2	42	105.1	49	75.2	41	0.79	16	0
1960	91.4	20	106.5	24	76.4	24	0.04	55	0
1959	91.3	23	105.5	39	77.1	13	0.04	55	0
1958	90.1	45	104.9	55	75.4	36	0.00	87	0
1957	90.7	34	105.5	39	76	30	0.45	25	0
1956	88.5	78	104.2	70	72.8	81	trace	67	0
1955	87.9	89	102.3	98	73.6	68	0.82	15	0
1954	88.4	81	103.6	83	73.2	75	0.06	51	0
1953	89.2	64	104.8	59	73.7	65	0.00	87	0
1952	88.6	76	104.4	68	72.8	81	0.31	31	0
1951	88.1	85	103.9	75	72.3	89	1.97	3	0
1950	88	87	103.9	75	72.2	91	0.17	42	0
1949	88.9	69	105.1	49	72.7	85	0.00	87	0
1948	88.3	83	105	53	71.5	93	0.04	55	0
1947	88.7	73	104.7	62	72.9	80	trace	67	3
1946	90.4	39	105	53	75.7	33	2.17	2	0
1945	88.6	76	103.3	88	74	59	1.44	6	0
1944	86.5	98	103.5	86	69.6	98	0.00	87	0
1943	87	96	104.2	70	69.9	97	0.90	13	0
1942	90.7	34	106.9	14	74.5	49	0.65	17	0
1941	87.3	94	102.7	97	72.1	92			1
1940	90.5	38	106.9	14	74.1	57			0
1939	90.1	45	105.3	45	74.9	45	trace	67	0
1938	89.4	59	104.9	55	74	59			0
1937	91	26	106.6	21	75.5	34	0.35	29	0
1936	90.7	34	105.6	37	75.8	32	0.25	36	0
1935	89.5	55	105.3	45	73.8	64	1.26	7	4
1934	89	67	104.7	62	73.6	68			7
1933	89.3	62	105.6	37	73.2	75			1
1932	87.9	89	103.6	83	72.3	89	0.01	64	1
1931	90.1	45	103.7	80	76.4	24			1
1930	87	96	103.1	91	70.8	96			1
1929	88.4	81	103.4	87	73.5	71	0.26	34	7
1928	88	87	104.4	68	71.4	94			3
1927	88.8	71	103.9	75	73.7	65	trace	67	7
1926			104.8	59					10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	95.1
2016	94.9
2006	93.9
2017	93.4
2018	93.3
2022	93.1
2021	93.1
1981	93.1
2007	92.6
2020	92.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	86.5
1943	87
1930	87
1991	87.3
1941	87.3
1965	87.7
1999	87.8
1979	87.9
1955	87.9
1932	87.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	3.76
1946	2.17
1951	1.97
1984	1.57
2014	1.53
1945	1.44
1935	1.26
1983	1.21
1968	1.14
2012	1.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.00
1958	0.00
1953	0.00
1949	0.00
1944	0.00
2024	trace
2022	trace
2021	trace
2020	trace
2019	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 118°F; 25 July 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 29 June 2026, 20 June 2026, 9 June 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 12 August 2026, 26 July 2026

Every month, season and year

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El Centro, CA the day's answers

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Summer 2026 brought 0.02 in of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the driest summer since 2024, tied 29th driest of 91 (with 1992).
The hottest day of summer 2026 in El Centro, CA: 118°F on Saturday 25 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in El Centro, CA: a low of 66°F on Monday 29 June 2026, Saturday 20 June 2026 and Tuesday 9 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in El Centro, CA: 0.01 in on Wednesday 12 August 2026 and Sunday 26 July 2026.