The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Maiduguri 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 Maiduguri station 8 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 Maiduguri
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
114°FApr 19, 2010
The three most extreme on record
1114°FApr 19, 2010
2113°FApr 16, 2010
3113°FApr 18, 2010
❄️Coldest night
46°FJan 14, 2005
The three most extreme on record
146°FJan 14, 2005
249°FJan 18, 2005
349°FDec 25, 2009
🌧️Most rain in one day
1.57 inJun 6, 2017
The three most extreme on record
11.57 inJun 6, 2017
21.46 inAug 5, 2010
31.30 inJul 14, 2010
In plain terms
Across the record, Maiduguri has reached as high as 114°F and as low as 46°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 Diffa, a weather station, about 179 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.