The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sulaymaniyah has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 16 years of daily weather observations (2009–present), from the Sulymaniyah station 2 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 Sulaymaniyah
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
117°FJul 24, 2025
The three most extreme on record
1117°FJul 24, 2025recent
2116°FJul 2, 2015
3116°FJul 21, 2016
❄️Coldest night
1°FJan 21, 2022
The three most extreme on record
11°FJan 21, 2022recent
25°FJan 20, 2022
39°FJan 18, 2022
🌧️Most rain in one day
5.75 inOct 29, 2011
The three most extreme on record
15.75 inOct 29, 2011
24.92 inFeb 18, 2018
33.46 inMar 9, 2023
In plain terms
Across the record, Sulaymaniyah has reached as high as 117°F and as low as 1°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 27 years of daily observations at Sanandaj, a weather station, about 147 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.