How extreme does Maroua's weather get?

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

Based on 33 years of daily weather observations (1991–2024), from the Salak station 17 km away. Updated through September 2024 — 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 Maroua has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

120°F Apr 9, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Apr 9, 2024recent

2 118°F Apr 26, 2021

3 115°F Mar 28, 1999

❄️ Coldest night

44°F Dec 9, 1994

The three most extreme on record

1 44°F Dec 9, 1994

2 50°F Jan 5, 1995

3 50°F Jan 4, 2019

🌧️ Most rain in one day

16.22 in Jul 22, 1993

The three most extreme on record

1 16.22 in Jul 22, 1993

2 3.90 in Jul 31, 1992

3 3.31 in Oct 6, 1995

In plain terms

Across the record, Maroua has reached as high as 120°F and as low as 44°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 174 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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