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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kitale's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
100°F Mar 16, 1984

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Kitale (typical high near 83°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Mar 16, 1984
2 97°F Jan 25, 2010
3 96°F Dec 15, 1986
❄️ Coldest night
34°F Sep 2, 1977

About 19°F colder than a normal September night in Kitale (typical low near 53°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 34°F Sep 2, 1977
2 41°F Nov 6, 1976
3 41°F Apr 12, 1977
🌧️ Most rain in one day
19.29 in Apr 20, 1991

More rain in a single day than Kitale usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 8.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 19.29 in Apr 20, 1991
2 16.69 in Nov 26, 1986
3 14.96 in Feb 18, 1981

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° all-time high 100°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kitale's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 100°F is about 17°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, Kitale's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as 34°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 19 years of daily observations at Kitale, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →