The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kampala has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 30 years of daily weather observations (1995–present), from the Kampala station 4 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 Kampala
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
101°FDec 15, 2016
The three most extreme on record
1101°FDec 15, 2016
299°FMay 29, 2001
393°FJan 17, 2017
❄️Coldest night
56°FAug 13, 2001
The three most extreme on record
156°FAug 13, 2001
259°FJun 24, 2012
359°FAug 15, 2012
🌧️Most rain in one day
3.90 inMar 1, 2018
The three most extreme on record
13.90 inMar 1, 2018
23.23 inSep 6, 2022
33.11 inMay 6, 2016
In plain terms
Across the record, Kampala has reached as high as 101°F and as low as 56°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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.