The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Emalahleni has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 27 years of daily weather observations (1998–present), from the Witbank station 7 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 Emalahleni
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
100°FFeb 16, 2007
The three most extreme on record
1100°FFeb 16, 2007
2100°FFeb 17, 2007
396°FJan 7, 2016
❄️Coldest night
24°FAug 21, 2003
About 20°F colder than a normal August night in Emalahleni (typical low near 44°F).
The three most extreme on record
124°FAug 21, 2003
224°FJun 13, 2020
325°FMay 22, 2007
🌧️Most rain in one day
5.09 inApr 13, 2002
The three most extreme on record
15.09 inApr 13, 2002
25.08 inApr 14, 2002
32.95 inMar 5, 2014
In plain terms
In a normal year, Emalahleni's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as 24°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 24 years of daily observations at Pretoria/irene, a weather station, about 102 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.