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Weather extremes

How extreme does Otara's weather get?

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

Based on 31 years of daily weather observations (1994–present), from the Auckland Aero Aws 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 Otara has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
86°F Mar 11, 1999

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Otara (typical high near 73°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 86°F Mar 11, 1999
2 86°F Feb 4, 2020
3 85°F Feb 2, 1999
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Jul 10, 2008

About 13°F colder than a normal July night in Otara (typical low near 46°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jul 10, 2008
2 33°F Jun 5, 2009
3 33°F Jun 4, 2009
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.39 in Jan 27, 2023

More rain in a single day than Otara usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 1.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.39 in Jan 27, 2023recent
2 3.70 in May 24, 1997
3 3.59 in Mar 20, 2022

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° all-time high 86°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Otara's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 86°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, Otara's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 86°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 9 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 26 years of daily observations at Auckland Aero Aws, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →