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Weather extremes

How extreme does Keetmanshoop's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the J.G.H. Van Der Wath Airp station 5 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 Keetmanshoop has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
109°F Jan 7, 2012

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Keetmanshoop (typical high near 96°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 109°F Jan 7, 2012
2 109°F Jan 8, 2012
3 109°F Jan 9, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
26°F Jun 24, 2011

About 19°F colder than a normal June night in Keetmanshoop (typical low near 45°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 26°F Jun 24, 2011
2 27°F Jul 12, 1985
3 27°F Jul 18, 1989
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.90 in Apr 24, 2020

More rain in a single day than Keetmanshoop usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.90 in Apr 24, 2020
2 3.87 in Nov 17, 2012
3 3.68 in Jan 7, 2010

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 109°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Keetmanshoop's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 109°F is about 13°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, Keetmanshoop's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 109°F and as low as 26°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 22 years of daily observations at J.g.h. Van Der Wath Airp, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →