El Palmar Weather Records (MXN00030053)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for El Palmar (MXN00030053), Mexico, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for El Palmar

El Palmar (MXN00030053) is a weather station in Mexico at 18.53 latitude and -96.78 longitude, 103 m (337 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1956 to 1991, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at El Palmar still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
El Palmar set a daily record high minimum temperature of 25.0 C (77.0 F) on 26 May 1991.

About the Station

Location: Mexico, 18.53 latitude, -96.78 longitude.
Elevation: 103 m (337 ft).
Period of record: 1956 to 1991, 36 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 Palmar. 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 Palmar, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	38.3 C (100.9 F)	7.8 C (46.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	42.8 C (109.0 F)	9.4 C (48.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	42.8 C (109.0 F)	8.9 C (48.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	42.8 C (109.0 F)	11.7 C (53.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	42.2 C (108.0 F)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	40.0 C (104.0 F)	13.9 C (57.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	39.4 C (102.9 F)	15.6 C (60.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	37.8 C (100.0 F)	12.2 C (54.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	35.0 C (95.0 F)	8.9 C (48.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at El Palmar still stand. 1961 holds the most, with 98.

Standing records at El Palmar by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1961	98
1962	66
1963	53
1964	73
1965	41
1966	55
1967	47
1968	45
1969	63
1970	70
1971	43
1972	49
1973	71
1974	40
1975	40
1976	31
1977	67
1978	51
1979	50
1980	65
1981	47
1982	32
1983	56
1984	45
1985	22
1986	28
1987	31
1988	19
1989	31
1990	18
1991	17

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 215.9 mm (8.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at El Palmar. The most was 215.9 mm (8.5 in) on 12 July 1984.

Record daily precipitation for each month at El Palmar
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	3 January 1965
Feb	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 February 1990
Mar	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	6 March 1976
Apr	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	14 April 1964
May	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	20 May 1964
Jun	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	22 June 1978
Jul	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	12 July 1984
Aug	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	20 August 1969
Sep	205.5 mm (8.1 in)	12 September 1975
Oct	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	18 October 1966
Nov	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	11 November 1967
Dec	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	9 December 1975

Period of Record Coverage

1961 to 1991

31 years of record at El Palmar, 1961 to 1991. 5 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991.

Days with data per year at El Palmar
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1961	363	99%	Yes
1962	360	99%	Yes
1963	364	100%	Yes
1964	355	97%	Yes
1965	363	99%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	347	95%	Yes
1968	356	97%	Yes
1969	357	98%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	364	100%	Yes
1972	363	99%	Yes
1973	362	99%	Yes
1974	360	99%	Yes
1975	335	92%	Yes
1976	335	92%	Yes
1977	365	100%	Yes
1978	364	100%	Yes
1979	364	100%	Yes
1980	363	99%	Yes
1981	365	100%	Yes
1982	364	100%	Yes
1983	365	100%	Yes
1984	366	100%	Yes
1985	333	91%	Yes
1986	363	99%	Yes
1987	298	82%	No
1988	210	57%	No
1989	300	82%	No
1990	325	89%	No
1991	138	38%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at El Palmar
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	10 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min (Tie)	23.9 C (75.0 F)	tie	28 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min (Tie)	23.9 C (75.0 F)	tie	26 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high max (Tie)	40.0 C (104.0 F)	tie	6 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	17 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min (Tie)	25.0 C (77.0 F)	tie	26 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	2 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	12 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	16 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily high min (Tie)	21.7 C (71.1 F)	tie	14 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily low min (Tie)	13.9 C (57.0 F)	tie	22 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1991	El Palmar, MX	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	4 years	6 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

24 complete years, 1961 to 1990

One stripe for each of 24 complete years at El Palmar, 1961 to 1990. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 25.1 C (77.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1966, at 24.2 C (75.6 F), and the warmest was 1982, at 25.6 C (78.0 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.0 C (1.8 F).

Annual mean temperature at El Palmar as warming stripes, 1961 to 1990
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1961	25.6 C	+0.42 C
1962	25.0 C	-0.14 C
1963	25.4 C	+0.29 C
1964	25.6 C	+0.43 C
1965	25.0 C	-0.16 C
1966	24.2 C	-0.93 C
1967	24.9 C	-0.23 C
1968	24.4 C	-0.76 C
1969	25.0 C	-0.09 C
1970	24.6 C	-0.58 C
1971	25.3 C	+0.18 C
1972	25.1 C	-0.08 C
1973	25.2 C	+0.09 C
1974	25.4 C	+0.27 C
1977	25.2 C	+0.08 C
1978	25.4 C	+0.25 C
1979	25.4 C	+0.22 C
1980	25.6 C	+0.42 C
1981	25.2 C	+0.03 C
1982	25.6 C	+0.44 C
1983	25.2 C	+0.09 C
1984	24.8 C	-0.32 C
1986	25.2 C	+0.06 C
1990	25.2 C	+0.03 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

1956 to 1991

Yearly extremes at El Palmar: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	42.8 C (109.0 F)	1961	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31
Coldest night (TNn)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1989	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31
Wettest day (Rx1day)	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	1984	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	32
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	515.6 mm (20.3 in)	1969	260.7 mm (10.3 in)	32
Longest dry spell (CDD)	39 days	1984	20 days	32

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at El Palmar, 1956 to 1991. The record is 42.8 C (109.0 F) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.0 C (104.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at El Palmar by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1956	n/a
1961	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1962	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1963	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1964	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1965	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1966	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1967	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1968	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1969	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1970	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1971	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1972	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1973	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1974	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1975	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1976	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1977	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1978	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1979	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1980	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1981	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1982	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1983	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1984	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1985	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1986	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1987	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1988	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1989	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1990	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1991	41.1 C (106.0 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at El Palmar, 1956 to 1991. The record is 5.0 C (41.0 F) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 10.0 C (50.0 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at El Palmar by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1956	n/a
1961	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1962	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1963	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1964	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1965	12.2 C (54.0 F)
1966	8.3 C (46.9 F)
1967	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1968	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1969	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1970	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1971	10.6 C (51.1 F)
1972	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1973	7.8 C (46.0 F)
1974	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1975	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1976	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1977	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1978	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1979	10.6 C (51.1 F)
1980	10.6 C (51.1 F)
1981	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1982	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1983	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1984	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1985	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1986	8.3 C (46.9 F)
1987	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1988	9.4 C (48.9 F)
1989	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1990	11.1 C (52.0 F)
1991	10.0 C (50.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at El Palmar, 1956 to 1991. The record is 215.9 mm (8.5 in) in 1984, marked on the chart; the median year is 144.2 mm (5.7 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at El Palmar by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1956	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1961	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1962	140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1963	153.9 mm (6.1 in)
1964	193.8 mm (7.6 in)
1965	150.9 mm (5.9 in)
1966	165.9 mm (6.5 in)
1967	125.2 mm (4.9 in)
1968	151.9 mm (6.0 in)
1969	186.9 mm (7.4 in)
1970	122.9 mm (4.8 in)
1971	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1972	162.8 mm (6.4 in)
1973	137.4 mm (5.4 in)
1974	167.9 mm (6.6 in)
1975	205.5 mm (8.1 in)
1976	174.0 mm (6.9 in)
1977	134.9 mm (5.3 in)
1978	159.8 mm (6.3 in)
1979	117.9 mm (4.6 in)
1980	134.9 mm (5.3 in)
1981	142.0 mm (5.6 in)
1982	150.1 mm (5.9 in)
1983	86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1984	215.9 mm (8.5 in)
1985	125.2 mm (4.9 in)
1986	146.3 mm (5.8 in)
1987	170.9 mm (6.7 in)
1988	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1989	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1990	125.5 mm (4.9 in)
1991	62.5 mm (2.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at El Palmar, 1956 to 1991. The record is 515.6 mm (20.3 in) in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is 260.7 mm (10.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at El Palmar by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1956	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1961	225.3 mm (8.9 in)
1962	201.9 mm (7.9 in)
1963	256.6 mm (10.1 in)
1964	321.5 mm (12.7 in)
1965	295.4 mm (11.6 in)
1966	248.1 mm (9.8 in)
1967	259.1 mm (10.2 in)
1968	242.1 mm (9.5 in)
1969	515.6 mm (20.3 in)
1970	368.6 mm (14.5 in)
1971	198.4 mm (7.8 in)
1972	262.3 mm (10.3 in)
1973	382.5 mm (15.1 in)
1974	307.9 mm (12.1 in)
1975	444.8 mm (17.5 in)
1976	354.1 mm (13.9 in)
1977	231.7 mm (9.1 in)
1978	277.2 mm (10.9 in)
1979	428.6 mm (16.9 in)
1980	316.4 mm (12.5 in)
1981	369.6 mm (14.6 in)
1982	210.6 mm (8.3 in)
1983	226.1 mm (8.9 in)
1984	507.8 mm (20.0 in)
1985	250.1 mm (9.8 in)
1986	258.3 mm (10.2 in)
1987	268.1 mm (10.6 in)
1988	170.5 mm (6.7 in)
1989	230.9 mm (9.1 in)
1990	358.4 mm (14.1 in)
1991	135.7 mm (5.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at El Palmar, 1956 to 1991. The record is 39 days in 1984, marked on the chart; the median year is 20 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at El Palmar by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1956	29 days
1961	24 days
1962	18 days
1963	21 days
1964	25 days
1965	26 days
1966	19 days
1967	20 days
1968	16 days
1969	19 days
1970	25 days
1971	33 days
1972	25 days
1973	34 days
1974	16 days
1975	35 days
1976	16 days
1977	17 days
1978	18 days
1979	12 days
1980	15 days
1981	20 days
1982	23 days
1983	38 days
1984	39 days
1985	16 days
1986	24 days
1987	19 days
1988	18 days
1989	15 days
1990	24 days
1991	20 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.

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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).