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Weather extremes

How extreme does Merauke's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Merauke 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 Mopah station 3 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 Merauke has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Feb 23, 1998

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Merauke (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Feb 23, 1998
2 101°F Apr 30, 1998
3 101°F Jun 9, 2005
❄️ Coldest night
50°F Jul 19, 2014

About 22°F colder than a normal July night in Merauke (typical low near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Jul 19, 2014
2 52°F Oct 7, 1996
3 54°F Sep 13, 2015
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.87 in Apr 14, 1997

More rain in a single day than Merauke usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 6.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.87 in Apr 14, 1997
2 7.20 in Apr 17, 2024
3 6.85 in Jan 8, 2013

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.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Merauke's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 102°F is about 13°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, Merauke's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 →