How extreme does Shimla's weather get?

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

Based on 10 years of daily weather observations (2015–present), from the Shimla station. 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 Shimla has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

89°F May 29, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 89°F May 29, 2024recent

2 88°F Oct 19, 2021

3 88°F Jun 14, 2024

❄️ Coldest night

26°F Jan 11, 2017

The three most extreme on record

1 26°F Jan 11, 2017

2 28°F Feb 8, 2019

3 28°F Feb 5, 2022

🌧️ Most rain in one day

6.81 in Aug 13, 2018

The three most extreme on record

1 6.81 in Aug 13, 2018

2 6.02 in Aug 18, 2019

3 4.96 in Aug 14, 2023

In plain terms

Across the record, Shimla has reached as high as 89°F and as low as 26°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 21 years of daily observations at Dehradun, a weather station, about 121 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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