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How extreme does Bhopal's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Bhopal 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 (1973–present), from the Bhopal/Bairagarh station 6 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 Bhopal has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
117°F May 20, 1987

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Bhopal (typical high near 106°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 117°F May 20, 1987
2 115°F May 18, 1977
3 115°F May 24, 2010
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Jan 20, 1976

About 18°F colder than a normal January night in Bhopal (typical low near 50°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jan 20, 1976
2 34°F Jan 2, 1974
3 34°F Nov 30, 1983
🌧️ Most rain in one day
18.54 in Jul 20, 1991

More rain in a single day than Bhopal usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 14.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.54 in Jul 20, 1991
2 12.60 in Jul 2, 1974
3 12.60 in Mar 19, 2023

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.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 117°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Bhopal's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 117°F is about 11°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, Bhopal's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 117°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 19 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 23 years of daily observations at Bhopal/bairagarh, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →