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Weather extremes

How extreme does Rakvere's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Rakvere 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 Kunda station 22 km away. Updated through March 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 Rakvere has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
94°F Aug 7, 2010

That is about 24°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Rakvere (typical high near 70°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 94°F Aug 7, 2010
2 94°F Aug 8, 2010
3 93°F Jun 21, 2021
❄️ Coldest night
-31°F Dec 30, 1978

About 57°F colder than a normal December night in Rakvere (typical low near 26°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -31°F Dec 30, 1978
2 -30°F Dec 31, 1978
3 -27°F Dec 29, 1978
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.71 in Aug 6, 1987

About 91% of a typical August's rain in a single day (Rakvere averages roughly 3.0 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.71 in Aug 6, 1987
2 2.26 in Jun 13, 2001
3 2.15 in Aug 25, 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.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 94°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Rakvere's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 94°F is about 24°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, Rakvere's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 94°F and as low as −31°F. A single day has delivered over 3 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 30 years of daily observations at Kunda, a weather station, about 22 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →