How extreme does Mbale's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Mbale 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 Kakamega station 22 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 Mbale has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

101°F Feb 3, 1994

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Feb 3, 1994

2 101°F Oct 7, 2004

3 101°F Feb 8, 1994

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Jan 17, 1994

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jan 17, 1994

2 32°F Sep 11, 2014

3 32°F May 6, 2015

🌧️ Most rain in one day

9.08 in May 27, 2005

The three most extreme on record

1 9.08 in May 27, 2005

2 8.35 in May 17, 2023

3 7.57 in Nov 21, 2003

In plain terms

In a normal year, Mbale's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 9 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 Kisumu, a weather station, about 19 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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