The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Dire Dawa 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 Dire Dawa Intl station 4 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 Dire Dawa
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
110°FAug 11, 2009
The three most extreme on record
1110°FAug 11, 2009
2104°FJun 11, 2025
3104°FJun 10, 2025
❄️Coldest night
42°FDec 25, 2001
The three most extreme on record
142°FDec 25, 2001
247°FDec 7, 1998
347°FOct 30, 1996
🌧️Most rain in one day
4.06 inSep 10, 2014
The three most extreme on record
14.06 inSep 10, 2014
23.54 inDec 6, 1995
33.27 inSep 17, 2010
In plain terms
In a normal year, Dire Dawa's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 42°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.