El Salto Weather Records (MXN00013068)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for El Salto (MXN00013068), Mexico, with 60 years of record.

Key Facts for El Salto

El Salto (MXN00013068) is a weather station in Mexico at 19.93 latitude and -99.28 longitude, 2,174 m (7,132 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1953 to 2012, 60 years of record.
1,464 records set at El Salto still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
El Salto set a daily record low maximum temperature of 15.6 C (60.1 F) on 24 November 2012.

About the Station

Location: Mexico, 19.93 latitude, -99.28 longitude.
Elevation: 2,174 m (7,132 ft).
Period of record: 1953 to 2012, 60 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 Salto. 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 Salto, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	30.6 C (87.1 F)	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	33.9 C (93.0 F)	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	35.0 C (95.0 F)	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	29.4 C (84.9 F)	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	29.4 C (84.9 F)	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	31.1 C (88.0 F)	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	30.0 C (86.0 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	31.7 C (89.1 F)	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	30.6 C (87.1 F)	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at El Salto still stand. 1998 holds the most, with 60.

Standing records at El Salto by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1953	47
1954	26
1955	45
1956	34
1957	39
1958	28
1959	39
1960	29
1961	24
1962	18
1963	21
1964	25
1965	19
1966	36
1967	26
1968	18
1969	35
1970	46
1972	20
1973	19
1974	23
1975	15
1976	28
1977	23
1978	27
1979	46
1980	26
1981	18
1982	22
1983	35
1984	23
1985	9
1986	28
1987	38
1988	28
1989	26
1990	23
1991	28
1992	31
1993	23
1994	42
1995	40
1996	21
1997	28
1998	60
1999	12
2000	11
2001	7
2002	19
2003	17
2004	9
2005	11
2006	8
2007	6
2008	6
2009	22
2010	8
2011	22
2012	1

All-Time Record Progression

3 new records

3 all-time records were set at El Salto between 13 January 1986 and 8 May 1998. Each dot is a new record.

When El Salto set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1986-01-13	Record low minimum temperature	Record low minimum temperature -11.1 C (12.0 F)
1997-12-13	Record low maximum temperature	Record low maximum temperature 6.1 C (43.0 F)
1998-05-08	Record high maximum temperature	Record high maximum temperature 35.6 C (96.1 F)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Aug: 79.8 mm (3.1 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at El Salto. The most was 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 31 August 1988.

Record daily precipitation for each month at El Salto
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 January 1992
Feb	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 February 2010
Mar	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 March 1966
Apr	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 April 1965
May	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 May 1970
Jun	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 June 1973
Jul	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	16 July 1962
Aug	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 August 1988
Sep	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	4 September 1970
Oct	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 October 1996
Nov	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	5 November 1974
Dec	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 December 1989

Period of Record Coverage

1953 to 2012

60 years of record at El Salto, 1953 to 2012. 10 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1970, 1971, 2005 and others.

Days with data per year at El Salto
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1953	321	88%	No
1954	285	78%	No
1955	341	93%	Yes
1956	330	90%	Yes
1957	328	90%	No
1958	294	81%	No
1959	330	90%	Yes
1960	313	86%	No
1961	339	93%	Yes
1962	354	97%	Yes
1963	346	95%	Yes
1964	351	96%	Yes
1965	332	91%	Yes
1966	329	90%	Yes
1967	346	95%	Yes
1968	354	97%	Yes
1969	353	97%	Yes
1970	321	88%	No
1971	3	1%	No
1972	341	93%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	364	100%	Yes
1975	365	100%	Yes
1976	366	100%	Yes
1977	365	100%	Yes
1978	364	100%	Yes
1979	365	100%	Yes
1980	366	100%	Yes
1981	365	100%	Yes
1982	365	100%	Yes
1983	365	100%	Yes
1984	366	100%	Yes
1985	365	100%	Yes
1986	364	100%	Yes
1987	365	100%	Yes
1988	365	100%	Yes
1989	365	100%	Yes
1990	365	100%	Yes
1991	365	100%	Yes
1992	366	100%	Yes
1993	364	100%	Yes
1994	364	100%	Yes
1995	365	100%	Yes
1996	366	100%	Yes
1997	365	100%	Yes
1998	365	100%	Yes
1999	365	100%	Yes
2000	366	100%	Yes
2001	365	100%	Yes
2002	365	100%	Yes
2003	362	99%	Yes
2004	339	93%	Yes
2005	323	88%	No
2006	306	84%	No
2007	343	94%	Yes
2008	332	91%	Yes
2009	334	92%	Yes
2010	336	92%	Yes
2011	336	92%	Yes
2012	30	8%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at El Salto
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 2012	El Salto, MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	3 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min (Tie)	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	tie	0 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 2011	El Salto, MX	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	0 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 2011	El Salto, MX	monthly low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 2011	El Salto, MX	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	13 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily high max (Tie)	25.6 C (78.1 F)	tie	34 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min (Tie)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	tie	30 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily high max (Tie)	26.7 C (80.1 F)	tie	24 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min (Tie)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	tie	22 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min (Tie)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	tie	49 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 2011	El Salto, MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	1 year	7 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

44 complete years, 1955 to 2003

One stripe for each of 44 complete years at El Salto, 1955 to 2003. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 15.2 C (59.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1956, at 14.0 C (57.1 F), and the warmest was 1994, at 16.4 C (61.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.3 C (2.3 F).

Annual mean temperature at El Salto as warming stripes, 1955 to 2003
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1955	14.4 C	-0.76 C
1956	14.0 C	-1.23 C
1957	14.8 C	-0.41 C
1959	15.3 C	+0.09 C
1961	14.9 C	-0.29 C
1962	15.0 C	-0.19 C
1963	14.8 C	-0.40 C
1964	15.1 C	-0.09 C
1965	14.5 C	-0.67 C
1967	14.4 C	-0.81 C
1968	14.5 C	-0.75 C
1969	15.4 C	+0.17 C
1972	15.1 C	-0.15 C
1973	15.2 C	+0.03 C
1974	14.5 C	-0.67 C
1975	15.0 C	-0.22 C
1976	15.0 C	-0.20 C
1977	15.4 C	+0.22 C
1978	15.6 C	+0.36 C
1979	15.3 C	+0.08 C
1980	15.6 C	+0.42 C
1981	15.3 C	+0.13 C
1982	15.8 C	+0.57 C
1983	15.5 C	+0.30 C
1984	15.2 C	+0.04 C
1985	15.0 C	-0.18 C
1986	14.8 C	-0.38 C
1987	15.0 C	-0.22 C
1988	15.1 C	-0.14 C
1989	14.5 C	-0.66 C
1990	15.3 C	+0.14 C
1991	16.0 C	+0.82 C
1992	15.2 C	+0.04 C
1993	15.5 C	+0.34 C
1994	16.4 C	+1.15 C
1995	16.3 C	+1.14 C
1996	15.4 C	+0.18 C
1997	15.1 C	-0.08 C
1998	16.1 C	+0.92 C
1999	15.1 C	-0.11 C
2000	15.2 C	+0.01 C
2001	15.1 C	-0.08 C
2002	15.6 C	+0.40 C
2003	16.3 C	+1.07 C

The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade over 1955 to 2003. In Fahrenheit: 0.4 F (0.2 to 0.6) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 44 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.

Fitted temperature trends per decade at El Salto
Measure	Per decade (C)	Per decade (F)	Period	Complete years	Reading
Annual mean temperature	0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade	0.4 F (0.2 to 0.6) per decade	1955 to 2003	44	Rise
Mean daily maximum	0.3 C (0.1 to 0.4) per decade	0.5 F (0.2 to 0.7) per decade	1955 to 2003	44	Rise
Mean daily minimum	0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade	0.3 F (0.1 to 0.6) per decade	1955 to 2003	44	Rise

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

1953 to 2012

Yearly extremes at El Salto: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1998	31.7 C (89.1 F)	60
Coldest night (TNn)	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1986	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	59
Wettest day (Rx1day)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	1970	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	1967	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59
Longest dry spell (CDD)	122 days	1998	56 days	59

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at El Salto, 1953 to 2012. The record is 35.6 C (96.1 F) in 1998, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.7 C (89.1 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at El Salto by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1953	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1954	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1955	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1956	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1957	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1958	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1959	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1960	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1961	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1962	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1963	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1964	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1965	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1966	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1967	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1968	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1969	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1970	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1971	24.4 C (75.9 F)
1972	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1973	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1974	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1975	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1976	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1977	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1978	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1979	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1980	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1981	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1982	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1983	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1984	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1985	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1986	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1987	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1988	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1989	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1990	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1991	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1992	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1993	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1994	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1995	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1996	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1997	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1998	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1999	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2000	35.6 C (96.1 F)
2001	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2002	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2003	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2004	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2005	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2006	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2007	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2008	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2009	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2010	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2011	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2012	25.6 C (78.1 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at El Salto, 1953 to 2012. The record is -11.1 C (12.0 F) in 1986, marked on the chart; the median year is -6.1 C (21.0 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at El Salto by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1953	-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1954	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1955	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1956	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1957	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1958	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1959	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1960	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1961	-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1962	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1963	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1964	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1965	-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1966	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1967	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1968	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1969	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1970	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1971	n/a
1972	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1973	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1974	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1975	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1976	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1977	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1978	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1979	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1980	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1981	-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1982	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1983	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1984	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1985	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1986	-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1987	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1988	-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1989	-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1990	-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1991	-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1992	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1993	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1994	-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1995	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1996	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1997	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1998	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1999	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
2000	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
2001	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
2002	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
2003	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2004	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
2005	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2006	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2007	-2.2 C (28.0 F)
2008	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2009	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
2010	-9.4 C (15.1 F)
2011	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
2012	-1.1 C (30.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at El Salto, 1953 to 2012. The record is 79.8 mm (3.1 in) in 1970, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.9 mm (1.7 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at El Salto by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1953	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1954	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1955	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1956	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1957	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1958	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1959	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1960	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1961	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1962	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1963	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1964	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1965	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1966	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1967	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1968	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1969	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1970	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1971	n/a
1972	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1973	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1974	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1975	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1976	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1977	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1978	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1979	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1980	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1981	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1982	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1983	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1984	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1985	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1986	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1987	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1988	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1989	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1990	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1991	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1992	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1993	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1994	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1995	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1996	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1997	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1998	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1999	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
2000	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
2001	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2002	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
2003	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
2004	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
2005	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
2006	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
2007	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
2008	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
2009	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
2010	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
2011	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2012	4.1 mm (0.16 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at El Salto, 1953 to 2012. The record is 128.8 mm (5.1 in) in 1967, marked on the chart; the median year is 81.3 mm (3.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at El Salto by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1953	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1954	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1955	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1956	82.1 mm (3.2 in)
1957	53.9 mm (2.1 in)
1958	81.6 mm (3.2 in)
1959	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
1960	81.1 mm (3.2 in)
1961	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1962	105.5 mm (4.2 in)
1963	91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1964	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1965	97.3 mm (3.8 in)
1966	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1967	128.8 mm (5.1 in)
1968	100.1 mm (3.9 in)
1969	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1970	120.2 mm (4.7 in)
1971	n/a
1972	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1973	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1974	89.1 mm (3.5 in)
1975	122.5 mm (4.8 in)
1976	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1977	90.6 mm (3.6 in)
1978	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1979	74.6 mm (2.9 in)
1980	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1981	87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1982	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1983	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1984	94.8 mm (3.7 in)
1985	77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1986	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1987	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1988	121.0 mm (4.8 in)
1989	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1990	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1991	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1992	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1993	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1994	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1995	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1996	114.5 mm (4.5 in)
1997	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1998	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1999	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
2000	101.2 mm (4.0 in)
2001	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
2002	83.8 mm (3.3 in)
2003	89.5 mm (3.5 in)
2004	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
2005	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
2006	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
2007	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
2008	80.9 mm (3.2 in)
2009	89.2 mm (3.5 in)
2010	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
2011	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
2012	8.1 mm (0.32 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at El Salto, 1953 to 2012. The record is 122 days in 1998, marked on the chart; the median year is 56 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at El Salto by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1953	77 days
1954	48 days
1955	65 days
1956	49 days
1957	53 days
1958	56 days
1959	62 days
1960	45 days
1961	46 days
1962	50 days
1963	60 days
1964	44 days
1965	51 days
1966	52 days
1967	67 days
1968	34 days
1969	46 days
1970	50 days
1971	n/a
1972	81 days
1973	102 days
1974	68 days
1975	65 days
1976	47 days
1977	62 days
1978	43 days
1979	61 days
1980	41 days
1981	45 days
1982	56 days
1983	65 days
1984	31 days
1985	77 days
1986	102 days
1987	63 days
1988	67 days
1989	44 days
1990	35 days
1991	87 days
1992	31 days
1993	46 days
1994	66 days
1995	57 days
1996	107 days
1997	44 days
1998	122 days
1999	83 days
2000	65 days
2001	46 days
2002	45 days
2003	75 days
2004	73 days
2005	49 days
2006	83 days
2007	28 days
2008	46 days
2009	83 days
2010	58 days
2011	83 days
2012	26 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.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

44 years with a frost

Across 44 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at El Salto falls on 21 March and the median first autumn frost on 5 November, which leaves a median of 229 days between them.

Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +13.7 days per decade at this station.

Frost dates and growing season at El Salto
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1974 to 2003)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	21 March	n/a	14 March	n/a	-7.3 days per decade
First autumn frost	5 November	n/a	8 November	n/a	+6.3 days per decade
Growing days	229 days	n/a	236 days	n/a	+13.7 days per decade

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

Rainfall Return Levels

57 years, 1953 to 2011

A day with at least 43.6 mm (1.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 82.9 mm (3.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at El Salto: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
5 years	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
10 years	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
25 years	70.7 mm (2.8 in)
50 years	76.9 mm (3.0 in)
100 years	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	Longer than the 57 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, 57 years of values from 1953 to 2011.

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: 79.8 mm (3.1 in) in 1970; 79.8 mm (3.1 in) in 1988; 72.9 mm (2.9 in) in 1962.

Station Changes

No change in the annual mean temperature of this station was found against its neighbours.

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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).