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Weather extremes

How extreme does Bloemfontein's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Bloemfontein 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 (1971–present), from the Bloemfontein Airpor station 9 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 Bloemfontein has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
108°F Jan 6, 2016

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Bloemfontein (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 108°F Jan 6, 2016
2 108°F Jan 7, 2016
3 105°F Jan 5, 2016
❄️ Coldest night
11°F Jun 26, 1992

About 17°F colder than a normal June night in Bloemfontein (typical low near 28°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 11°F Jun 26, 1992
2 12°F Jul 21, 2000
3 13°F Jul 3, 1992
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.60 in Feb 22, 1988

More rain in a single day than Bloemfontein usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 4.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.60 in Feb 22, 1988
2 5.20 in Mar 30, 2018
3 4.14 in Feb 21, 1993

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°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 108°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Bloemfontein's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 108°F is about 19°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, Bloemfontein's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 108°F and as low as 11°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 28 years of daily observations at Bloemfontein Airpor, a weather station, about 9 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →