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Weather extremes

How extreme does Meru's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Meru 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 Meru station 4 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 Meru has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Mar 6, 1997

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Meru (typical high near 79°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Mar 6, 1997
2 98°F Feb 18, 2012
3 97°F Apr 13, 2003
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Aug 25, 2002

About 23°F colder than a normal August night in Meru (typical low near 55°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Aug 25, 2002
2 32°F Jan 14, 2006
3 32°F Jul 12, 2013
🌧️ Most rain in one day
15.35 in Apr 14, 2023

More rain in a single day than Meru usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 8.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.35 in Apr 14, 2023recent
2 9.92 in May 16, 1994
3 7.60 in Mar 29, 1995

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 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Meru's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 99°F is about 19°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, Meru's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 99°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 15 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 Meru, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →