El Centro, CA

California · Records since 1925–2026

☀️ 106°F Feels like 114°
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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

115°F

September 11, 1971

+11° from 104° normal

❄ Record Low

57°F

September 11, 1930

-17° from 74° normal
🌞 Normal high: 104°F 🌑 Normal low: 74°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — El Centro

🔥
122°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 20, 2017
❄
16°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 22, 1937
🌧
4.08"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 6, 1939
☃
0.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Sep 6, 2026

First & Last Dates — El Centro

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
359 days
Longest growing season
1954
240 days
Shortest growing season
1971

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 115°F September 11, 1971
2 113°F September 11, 1963
3 112°F September 11, 2009
4 112°F September 11, 2007
5 112°F September 11, 1990
6 111°F September 11, 1970
7 111°F September 11, 1955
8 110°F September 11, 2018
9 110°F September 11, 1997
10 110°F September 11, 1979

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 57°F September 11, 1930
2 58°F September 11, 1952
3 60°F September 11, 1931
4 63°F September 11, 1991
5 63°F September 11, 1985
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1925–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.
1
day
Hot Streak
1 consecutive day at or above 112°F · since September 10
2 more days to heat wave status

Heat Wave Summary — El Centro

threshold: 112°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.2
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
116°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
97
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
6
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1925–2026
163
2026 so far
173
Avg/year 1970–2025
173
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
219
Most in a year (1934)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — El Centro

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 4, 2024 – Jul 12, 2024 9 120°F (Jul 8) 115°F 81°F
2 Jul 12, 2023 – Jul 20, 2023 9 118°F (Jul 20) 115°F 86°F
3 Jul 19, 2024 – Jul 27, 2024 9 116°F (Jul 25) 114°F 87°F
4 Jul 28, 2020 – Aug 4, 2020 8 119°F (Jul 31) 114°F 81°F
5 Aug 9, 1962 – Aug 16, 1962 8 114°F (Aug 9) 113°F 80°F
6 Jul 24, 1943 – Jul 30, 1943 7 119°F (Jul 25) 114°F 79°F
7 Jun 22, 1973 – Jun 28, 1973 7 118°F (Jun 27) 113°F 75°F
8 Aug 13, 2015 – Aug 19, 2015 7 118°F (Aug 15) 115°F 86°F
9 Aug 2, 2025 – Aug 8, 2025 7 118°F (Aug 7) 114°F 79°F
10 Jun 17, 1968 – Jun 23, 1968 7 117°F (Jun 21) 114°F 74°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

79
2026 total
above-normal nights
40.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
76
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1925–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1925, annual totals have trended -0.13" per decade, about -1.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How El Centro is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

173 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

0.02"
2026 YTD
Normal: 1.55"
-1.53"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 0.18"
-0.18"
0
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · El Centro is 1.53" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 3 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
92.3°F
Average temperature
16th-warmest of 99
+2.0°
vs. average
Normal: 90.3°F (1991–2020)
0.00"
Precipitation
1st-driest of 96
-0.08"
vs. average
Normal: 0.08" · 0% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1926–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.41° per decade (warming since 1926)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1926–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2007 94.6°F
2 2021 93.9°F
3 2011 93.8°F
4 1969 93.7°F
5 1995 93.6°F
6 1952 93.6°F
7 1958 93.6°F
8 1983 93.6°F
9 1948 93.0°F
10 1955 92.9°F

Coolest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1929 79.0°F
2 1985 80.0°F
3 1939 81.6°F
4 1976 82.4°F
5 1961 82.7°F
6 1936 84.1°F
7 1965 84.1°F
8 1941 84.1°F
9 1942 84.2°F
10 1978 84.8°F

Wettest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1976 2.87"
2 1926 1.30"
3 2022 1.10"
4 1998 1.07"
5 1930 0.73"
6 1991 0.59"
7 2013 0.53"
8 1982 0.51"
9 1969 0.22"
10 1975 0.20"

Driest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2026 0.00"
2 2025 0.00"
3 2023 0.00"
4 2021 0.00"
5 2020 0.00"
6 2019 0.00"
7 2018 0.00"
8 2016 0.00"
9 2015 0.00"
10 2011 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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