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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kingston's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kingston 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 Norfolk Island Intl station 3 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 Kingston has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
83°F Jan 23, 2024

That is about 8°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Kingston (typical high near 76°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 83°F Jan 23, 2024recent
2 83°F Feb 16, 1998
3 83°F Feb 23, 1998
❄️ Coldest night
45°F Aug 4, 1991

About 12°F colder than a normal August night in Kingston (typical low near 57°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 45°F Aug 4, 1991
2 49°F Aug 22, 1996
3 49°F Aug 5, 1997
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.51 in Feb 5, 2022

The three most extreme on record

1 5.51 in Feb 5, 2022recent
2 4.80 in Jul 13, 1998
3 4.25 in Jul 4, 2001

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.

30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 83°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kingston's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 83°F is about 8°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, Kingston's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 83°F and as low as 45°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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Norfolk Island Intl, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →