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Weather extremes

How extreme does Blantyre's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Blantyre 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 Chileka Intl station 12 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 Blantyre has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Nov 24, 1994

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal November afternoon in Blantyre (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Nov 24, 1994
2 103°F Oct 22, 1998
3 102°F Sep 8, 2016
❄️ Coldest night
40°F Sep 2, 2014

About 25°F colder than a normal September night in Blantyre (typical low near 65°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 40°F Sep 2, 2014
2 41°F Aug 30, 1992
3 43°F Jun 19, 2015
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.52 in Nov 7, 2011

The three most extreme on record

1 7.52 in Nov 7, 2011
2 7.19 in Aug 20, 2002
3 6.73 in Feb 13, 2024

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.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Blantyre's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — November's 103°F is about 14°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, Blantyre's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as 40°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →