How extreme does Gulu's weather get?

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

Based on 32 years of daily weather observations (1993–present), from the Gulu station 5 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 Gulu has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Apr 12, 2012

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Apr 12, 2012

2 100°F Mar 12, 2011

3 99°F Mar 1, 2016

❄️ Coldest night

50°F Feb 5, 2007

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Feb 5, 2007

2 50°F Jun 21, 2011

3 54°F Mar 29, 2011

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.94 in May 27, 2005

The three most extreme on record

1 7.94 in May 27, 2005

2 6.18 in Apr 28, 2018

3 4.96 in Mar 12, 2018

In plain terms

Across the record, Gulu has reached as high as 102°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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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