Climate-Zone.com

HomeCitiesBurkina FasoOuahigouyaTools › Weather extremes

Weather extremes

How extreme does Ouahigouya's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Ouahigouya station 1 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 Ouahigouya has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
120°F May 11, 1998

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Ouahigouya (typical high near 104°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F May 11, 1998
2 117°F May 31, 2013
3 113°F Apr 3, 2024
❄️ Coldest night
50°F Feb 21, 1999

About 20°F colder than a normal February night in Ouahigouya (typical low near 70°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Feb 21, 1999
2 51°F Jan 22, 1993
3 53°F Sep 5, 1992
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.20 in Jun 16, 1994

More rain in a single day than Ouahigouya usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 4.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.20 in Jun 16, 1994
2 5.35 in Aug 9, 1997
3 4.49 in Jun 10, 2010

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.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 120°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Ouahigouya's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 120°F is about 16°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, Ouahigouya's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 27 years of daily observations at Ouahigouya, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →