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How extreme does Murmansk's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Murmansk 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 Murmansk station 2 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 Murmansk has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
91°F Jul 9, 1972

That is about 27°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Murmansk (typical high near 64°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 91°F Jul 9, 1972
2 90°F Jul 18, 2018
3 89°F Jul 6, 1972
❄️ Coldest night
-39°F Jan 6, 1985

About 48°F colder than a normal January night in Murmansk (typical low near 9°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -39°F Jan 6, 1985
2 -39°F Jan 27, 1999
3 -36°F Jan 5, 1985
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.22 in Aug 1, 1977

About 87% of a typical August's rain in a single day (Murmansk averages roughly 2.6 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.22 in Aug 1, 1977
2 1.91 in Jul 16, 2007
3 1.82 in Aug 5, 1974

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.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 91°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Murmansk's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 91°F is about 27°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, Murmansk's warmest days reach the mid-60s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 0s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 91°F and as low as −39°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 29 years of daily observations at Murmansk, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →