How extreme does Mek'ele's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Mek'ele 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 Mekele station 7 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 Mek'ele has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

92°F Jun 2, 2009

The three most extreme on record

1 92°F Jun 2, 2009

2 90°F May 14, 1999

3 87°F Jun 8, 2024

❄️ Coldest night

34°F Nov 9, 1996

The three most extreme on record

1 34°F Nov 9, 1996

2 35°F Jan 23, 1995

3 37°F Jan 12, 2017

🌧️ Most rain in one day

13.23 in Sep 22, 1991

The three most extreme on record

1 13.23 in Sep 22, 1991

2 6.70 in Jul 23, 2007

3 2.95 in Apr 9, 2006

In plain terms

Across the record, Mek'ele has reached as high as 92°F and as low as 34°F. A single day has delivered over 13 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.

How we build these numbers →

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