The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Tamale has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Tamale station 18 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 Tamale
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
120°FMar 5, 1993
The three most extreme on record
1120°FMar 5, 1993
2117°FMar 26, 2017
3112°FMar 10, 2022
❄️Coldest night
48°FOct 13, 2006
The three most extreme on record
148°FOct 13, 2006
251°FJan 8, 2012
351°FJan 17, 2012
🌧️Most rain in one day
5.55 inAug 13, 2022
The three most extreme on record
15.55 inAug 13, 2022recent
25.51 inFeb 16, 1994
35.51 inApr 22, 1997
In plain terms
Across the record, Tamale has reached as high as 120°F and as low as 48°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 22 years of daily observations at Mango/sansanne, a weather station, about 179 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.