The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Basrah has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 15 years of daily weather observations (2010–present), from the Basrah Airport station. 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 Basrah
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
127°FAug 9, 2025
The three most extreme on record
1127°FAug 9, 2025recent
2126°FJul 31, 2020
3126°FJul 26, 2025
❄️Coldest night
26°FFeb 25, 2025
The three most extreme on record
126°FFeb 25, 2025recent
228°FDec 17, 2024
328°FFeb 26, 2025
🌧️Most rain in one day
1.54 inMar 19, 2024
The three most extreme on record
11.54 inMar 19, 2024recent
21.34 inMar 24, 2017
31.06 inApr 27, 2022
In plain terms
Across the record, Basrah has reached as high as 127°F and as low as 26°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 29 years of daily observations at Abadan, a weather station, about 46 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.