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Weather extremes

How extreme does Garissa's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Garissa 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 (1971–present), from the Garissa station 2 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 Garissa has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
110°F Jan 27, 1990

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Garissa (typical high near 96°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Jan 27, 1990
2 106°F Feb 24, 2007
3 105°F Feb 27, 2007
❄️ Coldest night
53°F Dec 14, 1997

About 21°F colder than a normal December night in Garissa (typical low near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 53°F Dec 14, 1997
2 54°F Nov 24, 1975
3 54°F Aug 22, 1984
🌧️ Most rain in one day
18.21 in May 11, 2001

More rain in a single day than Garissa usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 0.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.21 in May 11, 2001
2 10.28 in Oct 30, 2002
3 7.20 in Jul 16, 2004

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 110°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Garissa's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 110°F is about 14°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, Garissa's warmest days reach the high 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 53°F. A single day has delivered over 18 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 19 years of daily observations at Garissa, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →