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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kardzhali's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kardzhali 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 (1973–present), from the Kurdjali station 2 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 Kardzhali has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
110°F Jul 25, 2007

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Kardzhali (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Jul 25, 2007
2 108°F Aug 12, 1994
3 108°F Jul 5, 2000
❄️ Coldest night
-3°F Feb 5, 1991

About 33°F colder than a normal February night in Kardzhali (typical low near 30°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -3°F Feb 5, 1991
2 -3°F Dec 27, 1992
3 -1°F Dec 13, 1984
🌧️ Most rain in one day
13.94 in May 24, 2010

More rain in a single day than Kardzhali usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 4.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.94 in May 24, 2010
2 13.82 in Jun 13, 2006
3 13.82 in Nov 25, 2008

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

Kardzhali's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 110°F is about 23°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, Kardzhali'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 110°F and as low as −3°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 29 years of daily observations at Kurdjali, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →