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Weather extremes
How extreme does Addis Ababa's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Addis Ababa has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Addis Ababa has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 15°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Addis Ababa (typical high near 76°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 17°F colder than a normal November night in Addis Ababa (typical low near 49°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Addis Ababa usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 5.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Addis Ababa's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 91°F is about 15°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 22 years of daily observations at Bole Intl, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.