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Weather extremes

How extreme does Brikama's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Brikama 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 Banjul Intl station 7 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 Brikama has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
112°F Apr 14, 2016

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal April afternoon in Brikama (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 112°F Apr 14, 2016
2 111°F Apr 19, 2024
3 109°F May 3, 1996
❄️ Coldest night
41°F Jan 8, 1994

About 22°F colder than a normal January night in Brikama (typical low near 63°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 41°F Jan 8, 1994
2 48°F Jan 8, 2006
3 49°F Dec 18, 1996
🌧️ Most rain in one day
11.81 in Sep 3, 2001

More rain in a single day than Brikama usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 10.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.81 in Sep 3, 2001
2 11.50 in Oct 19, 1991
3 10.28 in Jul 10, 1996

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°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 112°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Brikama's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — April's 112°F is about 19°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, Brikama's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 112°F and as low as 41°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 25 years of daily observations at Banjul Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →