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Weather extremes

How extreme does Harbin's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Harbin 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 Harbin station 9 km away. Updated through May 2026 — 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 Harbin has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jun 4, 2001

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Harbin (typical high near 80°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jun 4, 2001
2 100°F Jun 26, 2010
3 99°F Jun 25, 2001
❄️ Coldest night
-36°F Jan 26, 1985

About 27°F colder than a normal January night in Harbin (typical low near -9°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -36°F Jan 26, 1985
2 -36°F Jan 26, 1990
3 -35°F Jan 23, 1990
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.77 in Aug 29, 2012

More rain in a single day than Harbin usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 4.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.77 in Aug 29, 2012
2 4.87 in Jul 6, 1994
3 3.68 in Aug 11, 1984

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.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Harbin's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 103°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, Harbin's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 0s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −36°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 25 years of daily observations at Harbin, a weather station, about 9 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →