How extreme does Mtwara's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Feb 28, 2014

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Feb 28, 2014

2 99°F Jan 11, 2008

3 99°F Aug 29, 2021

❄️ Coldest night

37°F Sep 18, 2015

The three most extreme on record

1 37°F Sep 18, 2015

2 45°F Jul 22, 1997

3 50°F Aug 27, 2004

🌧️ Most rain in one day

18.98 in Dec 21, 2002

The three most extreme on record

1 18.98 in Dec 21, 2002

2 14.56 in Jan 13, 2021

3 11.26 in Jan 13, 2018

In plain terms

Across the record, Mtwara has reached as high as 102°F and as low as 37°F. A single day has delivered over 19 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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