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El Centro

Colorado Desert & Salton Trough

ELEVATION -39 FEET

Below sea level in the Imperial Valley, and the wettest month is August because of the monsoon.

107°FJuly mean high
43°FJanuary mean low
2.5″Annual precipitation
35.2°FAnnual range
Source station: EL CENTRO 2 SSW, CA US (USC00042713), -30 ft, 1.7 mi from El Centro. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
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32.792°N, 115.563°W in Colorado Desert & Salton Trough.

32.792°N, 115.563°W. In Colorado Desert & Salton Trough.

The next three days

NATIONAL BLEND OF MODELSDRAWN ON REQUEST

The year, in one picture

NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 NORMALS

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Mean daily high Mean daily low Monthly precipitation

Month by month

JANUARY AND JULY ARE FREE
MonthMean highMean lowMeanPrecipSnowShare of year
Jan71°43°57.2°0.39″—15%
Jul107°78°92.5°0.08″—3%
Year107°43°74.3°2.53″—100%
January and July are free. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 normals from EL CENTRO 2 SSW, CA US.

Where it sits among the fifty-seven

RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE
56th of 572.5 inches a year.WETTEST5th of 57A mean high of 107°F.HOTTEST JULY44th of 57A mean low of 43°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS56th of 57-39 feet.HIGHEST15th of 5735.2°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE

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