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Weather extremes

How extreme does Nassau's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Nassau 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 Nassau Airport New station 13 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 Nassau has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Aug 2, 2011

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Nassau (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Aug 2, 2011
2 101°F Jul 25, 2024
3 100°F Aug 24, 2023
❄️ Coldest night
41°F Jan 20, 1981

About 24°F colder than a normal January night in Nassau (typical low near 65°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 41°F Jan 20, 1981
2 45°F Jan 7, 1981
3 45°F Jan 14, 1981
🌧️ Most rain in one day
18.97 in Dec 13, 1991

More rain in a single day than Nassau usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 3.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.97 in Dec 13, 1991
2 16.90 in Jan 7, 2016
3 15.35 in Sep 7, 1978

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 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Nassau's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 104°F is about 13°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, Nassau's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 41°F. A single day has delivered over 19 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 20 years of daily observations at Nassau Airport New, a weather station, about 13 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →