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Weather extremes

How extreme does Wuhan's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Wuhan 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 Wuhan station 21 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 Wuhan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jul 16, 2000

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Wuhan (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 16, 2000
2 103°F Aug 1, 2003
3 103°F Aug 17, 2022
❄️ Coldest night
-1°F Jan 30, 1977

About 34°F colder than a normal January night in Wuhan (typical low near 33°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -1°F Jan 30, 1977
2 6°F Jan 31, 1977
3 9°F Jan 22, 1984
🌧️ Most rain in one day
11.75 in Jun 20, 1982

More rain in a single day than Wuhan usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 8.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.75 in Jun 20, 1982
2 11.25 in Jul 21, 1998
3 8.26 in Jul 9, 1991

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Wuhan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 11°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, Wuhan's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −1°F. A single day has delivered over 12 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 23 years of daily observations at Wuhan, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →