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Weather extremes

How extreme does Garoua's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Garoua 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 Garoua station 5 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 Garoua has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
121°F Feb 19, 2003

That is about 22°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Garoua (typical high near 99°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 121°F Feb 19, 2003
2 117°F Mar 29, 2009
3 114°F Apr 3, 1998
❄️ Coldest night
47°F Jan 3, 1993

About 18°F colder than a normal January night in Garoua (typical low near 65°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 47°F Jan 3, 1993
2 47°F Dec 7, 1994
3 48°F Jan 5, 2015
🌧️ Most rain in one day
15.75 in Jul 26, 1994

More rain in a single day than Garoua usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 6.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.75 in Jul 26, 1994
2 11.10 in Oct 5, 1994
3 8.66 in Apr 27, 2014

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°150° all-time high 121°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Garoua's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 121°F is about 22°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, Garoua'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 121°F and as low as 47°F. A single day has delivered over 16 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 Garoua, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →