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Weather extremes

How extreme does Minsk's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Minsk has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Minsk station 4 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Minsk has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
96°F Aug 3, 2014

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Minsk (typical high near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 96°F Aug 3, 2014
2 96°F Aug 8, 2015
3 96°F Aug 9, 2015
❄️ Coldest night
-23°F Dec 31, 1978

About 45°F colder than a normal December night in Minsk (typical low near 22°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -23°F Dec 31, 1978
2 -22°F Dec 30, 1978
3 -21°F Jan 16, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.05 in Aug 8, 2005

More rain in a single day than Minsk usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.05 in Aug 8, 2005
2 2.89 in Jul 9, 1973
3 2.73 in Jul 13, 1973

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 96°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Minsk's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 96°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Minsk's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 96°F and as low as −23°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Minsk, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →