El Pinillo Weather Records (MXN00011121)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for El Pinillo (MXN00011121), Mexico, with 37 years of record.

Key Facts for El Pinillo

El Pinillo (MXN00011121) is a weather station in Mexico at 20.92 latitude and -101.05 longitude, 1,935 m (6,348 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1976 to 2012, 37 years of record.
1,464 records set at El Pinillo still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
El Pinillo set a daily record low minimum temperature of 0.6 C (33.1 F) on 24 December 2012.

About the Station

Location: Mexico, 20.92 latitude, -101.05 longitude.
Elevation: 1,935 m (6,348 ft).
Period of record: 1976 to 2012, 37 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at El Pinillo. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at El Pinillo, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	29.4 C (84.9 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at El Pinillo still stand. 1999 holds the most, with 114.

Standing records at El Pinillo by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1976	71
1977	61
1978	28
1979	35
1980	19
1981	25
1982	32
1983	34
1984	28
1985	17
1986	26
1987	17
1988	81
1989	67
1991	17
1992	45
1993	79
1994	57
1997	17
1998	91
1999	114
2000	58
2001	34
2002	29
2003	27
2004	28
2005	29
2006	30
2007	59
2008	76
2009	6
2010	80
2011	23
2012	24

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at El Pinillo between 4 February 2010 and 13 July 2012. Each dot is a new record.

When El Pinillo set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
2010-02-04	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 65.8 mm (2.6 in)
2012-07-13	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 66.8 mm (2.6 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 66.8 mm (2.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at El Pinillo. The most was 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 13 July 2012.

Record daily precipitation for each month at El Pinillo
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 January 1980
Feb	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 February 2010
Mar	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 March 1988
Apr	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 April 1981
May	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 May 2000
Jun	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 June 1986
Jul	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 July 2012
Aug	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 August 2008
Sep	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 September 1996
Oct	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	7 October 1981
Nov	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 November 2012
Dec	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 December 1979

Period of Record Coverage

1976 to 2012

34 years of record at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. 8 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2009.

Days with data per year at El Pinillo
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1976	365	100%	Yes
1977	365	100%	Yes
1978	365	100%	Yes
1979	365	100%	Yes
1980	365	100%	Yes
1981	365	100%	Yes
1982	365	100%	Yes
1983	365	100%	Yes
1984	365	100%	Yes
1985	365	100%	Yes
1986	364	100%	Yes
1987	365	100%	Yes
1988	365	100%	Yes
1989	365	100%	Yes
1991	27	7%	No
1992	192	52%	No
1993	234	64%	No
1994	302	83%	No
1997	153	42%	No
1998	359	98%	Yes
1999	363	99%	Yes
2000	366	100%	Yes
2001	294	81%	No
2002	265	73%	No
2003	365	100%	Yes
2004	366	100%	Yes
2005	365	100%	Yes
2006	365	100%	Yes
2007	335	92%	Yes
2008	335	92%	Yes
2009	122	33%	No
2010	365	100%	Yes
2011	365	100%	Yes
2012	366	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at El Pinillo
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	23 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily low min (Tie)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	tie	11 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 2012	El Pinillo, MX	monthly low min (Tie)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	tie	28 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 2012	El Pinillo, MX	monthly low min (Tie)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	tie	28 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily high max (Tie)	25.0 C (77.0 F)	tie	27 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	2 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily high min (Tie)	11.7 C (53.1 F)	tie	36 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 2012	El Pinillo, MX	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily rain (Tie)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	tie	32 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily low min (Tie)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	tie	19 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily low min (Tie)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	tie	5 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 2012	El Pinillo, MX	monthly low min (Tie)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	tie	14 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 2012	El Pinillo, MX	monthly low min (Tie)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	tie	14 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	19 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 2012	El Pinillo, MX	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	17 years	10 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

21 complete years, 1976 to 2012

One stripe for each of 21 complete years at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 16.6 C (61.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 2010, at 14.4 C (58.0 F), and the warmest was 1988, at 18.2 C (64.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.2 C (4.0 F).

Annual mean temperature at El Pinillo as warming stripes, 1976 to 2012
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1976	16.3 C	-0.30 C
1977	16.9 C	+0.27 C
1978	17.1 C	+0.52 C
1979	17.3 C	+0.64 C
1981	16.9 C	+0.24 C
1983	16.6 C	+0.00 C
1984	16.3 C	-0.29 C
1985	17.4 C	+0.81 C
1986	16.6 C	-0.07 C
1987	17.1 C	+0.49 C
1988	18.2 C	+1.59 C
1989	18.0 C	+1.41 C
1998	16.6 C	+0.00 C
2000	17.0 C	+0.36 C
2003	15.6 C	-1.00 C
2004	16.2 C	-0.46 C
2005	14.5 C	-2.09 C
2006	15.4 C	-1.24 C
2010	14.4 C	-2.18 C
2011	16.8 C	+0.15 C
2012	17.7 C	+1.10 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1976 to 2012

Yearly extremes at El Pinillo: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1989	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34
Coldest night (TNn)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1999	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34
Wettest day (Rx1day)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	2012	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	210.9 mm (8.3 in)	1976	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	36
Longest dry spell (CDD)	190 days	1994	81 days	36

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. The record is 36.1 C (97.0 F) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.7 C (89.1 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at El Pinillo by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1976	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1977	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1978	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1979	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1980	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1981	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1982	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1983	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1984	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1985	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1986	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1987	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1988	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1989	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1991	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1992	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1993	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1994	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1995	n/a
1996	n/a
1997	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1998	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1999	32.2 C (90.0 F)
2000	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2001	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2002	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2003	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2004	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2005	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2006	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2007	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2008	27.8 C (82.0 F)
2009	27.8 C (82.0 F)
2010	33.9 C (93.0 F)
2011	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2012	35.6 C (96.1 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. The record is -6.1 C (21.0 F) in 1999, marked on the chart; the median year is 0.6 C (33.1 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at El Pinillo by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1976	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1977	3.9 C (39.0 F)
1978	2.8 C (37.0 F)
1979	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1980	2.2 C (36.0 F)
1981	2.8 C (37.0 F)
1982	3.9 C (39.0 F)
1983	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1984	1.7 C (35.1 F)
1985	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1986	1.1 C (34.0 F)
1987	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1988	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1989	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1991	1.7 C (35.1 F)
1992	2.8 C (37.0 F)
1993	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1994	2.2 C (36.0 F)
1995	n/a
1996	n/a
1997	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1998	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1999	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
2000	0.6 C (33.1 F)
2001	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2002	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2003	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2004	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2005	1.7 C (35.1 F)
2006	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2007	0.6 C (33.1 F)
2008	0.6 C (33.1 F)
2009	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2010	0.0 C (32.0 F)
2011	0.6 C (33.1 F)
2012	0.0 C (32.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. The record is 66.8 mm (2.6 in) in 2012, marked on the chart; the median year is 45.0 mm (1.8 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at El Pinillo by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1976	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1977	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1978	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1979	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1980	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1981	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1982	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1983	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1984	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1985	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1986	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1987	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1988	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1989	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1991	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1992	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1993	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1994	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1995	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1996	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1997	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1998	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1999	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
2000	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
2001	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
2002	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
2003	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
2004	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
2005	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
2006	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
2007	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
2008	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
2009	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
2010	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
2011	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
2012	66.8 mm (2.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. The record is 210.9 mm (8.3 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 95.8 mm (3.8 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at El Pinillo by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1976	210.9 mm (8.3 in)
1977	109.3 mm (4.3 in)
1978	96.3 mm (3.8 in)
1979	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1980	104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1981	125.4 mm (4.9 in)
1982	78.6 mm (3.1 in)
1983	156.5 mm (6.2 in)
1984	88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1985	126.3 mm (5.0 in)
1986	132.4 mm (5.2 in)
1987	91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1988	100.8 mm (4.0 in)
1989	76.1 mm (3.0 in)
1991	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1992	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1993	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1994	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1995	100.5 mm (4.0 in)
1996	125.2 mm (4.9 in)
1997	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1998	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1999	54.3 mm (2.1 in)
2000	95.2 mm (3.7 in)
2001	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
2002	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
2003	153.5 mm (6.0 in)
2004	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
2005	90.6 mm (3.6 in)
2006	97.3 mm (3.8 in)
2007	97.8 mm (3.9 in)
2008	132.4 mm (5.2 in)
2009	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
2010	143.5 mm (5.6 in)
2011	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
2012	161.9 mm (6.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at El Pinillo, 1976 to 2012. The record is 190 days in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is 81 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at El Pinillo by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1976	59 days
1977	101 days
1978	81 days
1979	77 days
1980	39 days
1981	36 days
1982	50 days
1983	73 days
1984	70 days
1985	72 days
1986	70 days
1987	99 days
1988	90 days
1989	119 days
1991	8 days
1992	32 days
1993	153 days
1994	190 days
1995	29 days
1996	134 days
1997	80 days
1998	114 days
1999	155 days
2000	83 days
2001	77 days
2002	180 days
2003	154 days
2004	53 days
2005	81 days
2006	134 days
2007	114 days
2008	117 days
2009	35 days
2010	108 days
2011	106 days
2012	67 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

30 years, 1976 to 2012

A day with at least 48.9 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 74.2 mm (2.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at El Pinillo: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	48.9 mm (1.9 in)
5 years	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
10 years	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
25 years	69.2 mm (2.7 in)
50 years	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	Longer than the 30 years of record
100 years	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	Longer than the 30 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 30 years of values from 1976 to 2012.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 66.8 mm (2.6 in) in 2012; 65.8 mm (2.6 in) in 2010; 64.8 mm (2.6 in) in 1986.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).