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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kaffrine's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kaffrine 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 (1973–present), from the Kaolack station 54 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 Kaffrine has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
118°F Apr 19, 1981

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal April afternoon in Kaffrine (typical high near 105°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 118°F Apr 19, 1981
2 118°F May 8, 2012
3 116°F Apr 22, 2016
❄️ Coldest night
50°F Jan 19, 1981

About 16°F colder than a normal January night in Kaffrine (typical low near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Jan 19, 1981
2 51°F Dec 30, 1982
3 53°F Jan 12, 1982
🌧️ Most rain in one day
14.24 in Sep 8, 2008

More rain in a single day than Kaffrine usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 11.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 14.24 in Sep 8, 2008
2 14.22 in Sep 7, 2015
3 12.20 in Jun 8, 1992

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°130° all-time high 118°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kaffrine's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — April's 118°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, Kaffrine's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 118°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 21 years of daily observations at Kaolack, a weather station, about 54 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →