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Weather extremes

How extreme does Buraydah's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Buraydah 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 Gassim station 21 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 Buraydah has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
120°F Aug 5, 1998

That is about 9°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Buraydah (typical high near 112°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Aug 5, 1998
2 120°F Aug 20, 1998
3 120°F Aug 10, 2001
❄️ Coldest night
20°F Jan 16, 2008

About 23°F colder than a normal January night in Buraydah (typical low near 44°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 20°F Jan 16, 2008
2 21°F Dec 19, 2008
3 23°F Jan 17, 2008
🌧️ Most rain in one day
16.06 in May 21, 1992

More rain in a single day than Buraydah usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 0.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 16.06 in May 21, 1992
2 8.11 in Nov 25, 2015
3 5.98 in Apr 24, 2006

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°150° all-time high 120°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Buraydah's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 120°F is about 9°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, Buraydah's warmest days reach the low 110s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 20°F. A single day has delivered over 16 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 30 years of daily observations at Gassim, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →