The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kakamega 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 Kakamega station 4 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 Kakamega
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
101°FFeb 3, 1994
The three most extreme on record
1101°FFeb 3, 1994
2101°FOct 7, 2004
3101°FFeb 8, 1994
❄️Coldest night
32°FJan 17, 1994
The three most extreme on record
132°FJan 17, 1994
232°FSep 11, 2014
332°FMay 6, 2015
🌧️Most rain in one day
9.08 inMay 27, 2005
The three most extreme on record
19.08 inMay 27, 2005
28.35 inMay 17, 2023
37.57 inNov 21, 2003
In plain terms
In a normal year, Kakamega's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 9 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 29 years of daily observations at Kisumu, a weather station, about 41 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.