How extreme does Kikuyu's weather get?

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

Based on 41 years of daily weather observations (1984–present), from the Nairobi/Dagoretti station 11 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 Kikuyu has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

91°F May 28, 1993

That is about 12°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Kikuyu (typical high near 79°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 91°F May 28, 1993

2 91°F Jul 24, 2010

3 90°F Aug 30, 1993

❄️ Coldest night

33°F Aug 12, 1992

About 22°F colder than a normal August night in Kikuyu (typical low near 55°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 33°F Aug 12, 1992

2 34°F Jul 4, 1993

3 35°F Jun 13, 1994

🌧️ Most rain in one day

18.18 in Oct 20, 2005

More rain in a single day than Kikuyu usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 4.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.18 in Oct 20, 2005

2 8.15 in Apr 20, 2009

3 7.57 in Jan 13, 2004

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.

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Kikuyu's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 91°F is about 12°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, Kikuyu's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 91°F and as low as 33°F. A single day has delivered over 18 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 20 years of daily observations at Jomo Kenyatta Intl, a weather station, about 29 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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