El Centro, CA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 62.4°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest winter on record, in 95 years since 1927 (winter 1932 excluded: 31 of 91 days missing; winter 1933 excluded: 15 of 90 days missing; winter 1934 excluded: 12 of 90 days missing; 2 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 62.4°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 95, provisional
Precipitation: 0.55 in; Driest since 2025; 37th driest of 90

A normal winter in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.7°F, between 54.5°F and 59.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.78 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 2.59 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in El Centro, CA since 1927: 62.4°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 54.5 to 59.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	62.4	1	76.5	1	48.3	1	0.55	54	0
2025	59	8	74.4	5	43.8	22	trace	84	1
2024	57.8	24	70.4	62	45.3	11	trace	84	0
2023	55.5	65	68.1	84	42.9	34	0.60	50	5
2022	57.2	34	71.6	35	42.7	38	trace	84	0
2021	56.9	39	71.7	34	42.1	47	trace	84	0
2020							0.15	80	11
2019	54	87	66	95	42	50	1.59	20	8
2018	59.2	6	74.4	5	43.9	20	0.02	82	0
2017	58.2	18	70.1	69	46.2	3	2.15	12	0
2016	58.7	12	73.5	12	43.9	20	0.62	49	1
2015	59.8	3	73.5	12	46	6	0.52	56	0
2014	59.4	4	74.7	2	44	18	trace	84	2
2013	55.7	61	69.4	77	41.9	53	1.01	36	0
2012	55.8	60	70.8	51	40.8	66	0.47	60	1
2011	56.5	50	70.5	60	42.5	41	1.11	33	0
2010	56.8	41	69.6	75	44	18	2.98	5	0
2009	57.6	28	71.5	36	43.6	26	1.35	27	0
2008	54.6	77	68.1	84	41.1	64	0.58	51	0
2007	55.9	59	71.2	40	40.6	68	0.01	83	0
2006	57.6	28	73.2	16	42.1	47	trace	84	0
2005	56.6	47	68.4	81	44.8	14	2.66	8	0
2004	54.5	79	69.1	78	39.9	78	1.38	26	0
2003	57.7	26	72.2	29	43.2	32	1.01	36	0
2002	54.2	85	69.7	73	38.7	87	trace	84	0
2001	55	73	69.6	75	40.3	71	0.95	40	0
2000	59	8	72	31	46.1	4	0.19	77	2
1999	56.5	50	71.4	37	41.5	61	0.41	62	3
1998	55.7	61	68.4	81	42.9	34	2.14	13	0
1997	57	37	70.6	53	43.3	31	0.52	56	0
1996	59.3	5	72.9	23	45.8	7	0.20	76	0
1995	57.5	30	70	70	45	13	2.49	10	0
1994	56.4	52	71.4	37	41.4	63	0.56	53	1
1993	54.5	79	66	95	43	33	5.65	1	1
1992	58	21	70.7	52	45.2	12	2.58	9	0
1991	56.7	44	71.2	40	42.1	47	1.16	32	0
1990	56.4	52	71.1	44	41.6	59	0.16	79	0
1989	56.6	47	70.5	60	42.6	40	0.65	48	0
1988	56.8	41	70.3	63	43.4	29	1.33	28	0
1987	57.3	33	71.1	44	43.5	27	0.31	68	0
1986	60.5	2	74.5	4	46.5	2	1.40	24	0
1985	55.7	61	67.8	90	43.5	27	1.58	21	0
1984	59.2	6	72.8	25	45.8	7	0.80	43	1
1983	58.3	16	70.9	49	45.8	7	3.88	3	3
1982	59	8	72.6	26	45.5	10	0.40	63	0
1981	58.4	15	73.1	19	43.8	22	1.21	31	0
1980	57.8	24	71.3	39	44.4	15	2.83	7	0
1979	51.1	94	63.3	99	38.8	85	1.57	22	0
1978	56.2	57	68	86	44.4	15	2.84	6	0
1977	55.4	66	70.6	53	40.1	74	0.22	74	0
1976	55.3	67	70.6	53	40.1	74	0.88	42	0
1975	52.8	91	67.9	88	37.6	91	0.54	55	0
1974	54.8	75	69.7	73	39.9	78	1.32	29	0
1973	53.4	88	66.9	93	39.9	78	0.68	45	0
1972	54.4	81	70.2	66	38.7	87	0.05	81	0
1971	55.3	67	70.6	53	40	77	0.29	70	0
1970	56.7	44	71.2	40	42.2	46	0.91	41	0
1969	55.1	70	68.7	80	41.5	61	0.99	38	0
1968	56.7	44	71.1	44	42.3	44	0.49	58	0
1967	56.6	47	72.9	23	40.3	71	0.29	70	0
1966	53.2	89	67.8	90	38.5	90	1.99	15	0
1965	56	58	71.8	32	40.1	74	0.31	68	0
1964	53	90	70	70	36	94	0.25	73	0
1963	57	37	73	20	41.1	64	0.99	38	0
1962	56.3	55	70.6	53	42	50	1.79	16	0
1961	57.9	22	73	20	42.8	37	0.27	72	0
1960	55.1	70	68.2	83	41.9	53	1.68	18	0
1959	58.3	16	73.8	11	42.9	34	0.38	64	6
1958	58.9	11	73.4	14	44.4	15	1.39	25	0
1957	58.2	18	72.6	26	43.7	24	0.68	45	0
1956	56.8	41	71.8	32	41.9	53	0.19	77	0
1955	54.2	85	67.9	88	40.5	70	1.63	19	0
1954	58.2	18	73.9	9	42.4	43	0.35	66	0
1953	57.7	26	73.2	16	42.3	44	0.21	75	0
1952	54.6	77	67.5	92	41.6	59	1.04	35	0
1951	57.5	30	73.3	15	41.7	57	0.42	61	0
1950	54.9	74	70.6	53	39.2	83	0.38	64	0
1949	50.1	95	63.5	98	36.9	93	2.06	14	3
1948	54.4	81	70.3	63	38.7	87			2
1947	57.1	35	72.3	28	42	50	0.57	52	0
1946	55.1	70	69.9	72	40.2	73	0.68	45	0
1945	56.4	52	70.3	63	42.5	41	1.79	16	1
1944	54.3	84	68	86	40.7	67	3.78	4	0
1943	57.9	22	73	20	42.7	38	0.48	59	0
1942	56.3	55	71	48	41.7	57	2.21	11	0
1941	58.6	14	71.1	44	46.1	4			0
1940	58.7	12	73.9	9	43.4	29			0
1939	54.4	81	69	79	39.9	78			0
1938	57.5	30	73.2	16	41.8	56	1.28	30	0
1937	51.2	93	65.6	97	37.1	92	0.71	44	1
1936			71.2	40			1.52	23	10
1935	56.9	39	70.6	53	43.7	24			8
1934			74.4	5					12
1933			66.4	94			1.09	34	15
1932									31
1931	54.8	75	70.9	49	38.8	85			0
1930	57.1	35	74.6	3	39.6	82	0.35	66	1
1929	52.8	91	70.2	66	35.6	95			3
1928	55.7	61	72.1	30	39.1	84			3
1927	55.3	67	70.2	66	40.6	68	4.63	2	8
1926			74.4	5					10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	62.4
1986	60.5
2015	59.8
2014	59.4
1996	59.3
2018	59.2
1984	59.2
2025	59
2000	59
1982	59

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	50.1
1979	51.1
1937	51.2
1975	52.8
1929	52.8
1964	53
1966	53.2
1973	53.4
2019	54
2002	54.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	5.65
1927	4.63
1983	3.88
1944	3.78
2010	2.98
1978	2.84
1980	2.83
2005	2.66
1992	2.58
1995	2.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	trace
2024	trace
2022	trace
2021	trace
2014	trace
2006	trace
2002	trace
2007	0.01
2018	0.02
1972	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.33 in; 24 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.55 in of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the driest winter since 2025, 37th driest of 90.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in El Centro, CA: 97°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in El Centro, CA: a low of 35°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in El Centro, CA: 0.33 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.