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Weather extremes
How extreme does Durban's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Durban has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Durban has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 21°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Durban (typical high near 84°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 28°F colder than a normal September night in Durban (typical low near 59°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Durban usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 4.7 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Durban's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 105°F is about 21°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Durban Intl, a weather station, about 15 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.