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Weather extremes

How extreme does Bishkek's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Bishkek 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 Bishkek station 5 km away. Updated through June 2026 — 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 Bishkek has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
109°F Jul 30, 1983

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Bishkek (typical high near 90°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 109°F Jul 30, 1983
2 108°F Jul 16, 2015
3 106°F Jun 23, 2005
❄️ Coldest night
-18°F Dec 24, 1976

About 41°F colder than a normal December night in Bishkek (typical low near 23°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -18°F Dec 24, 1976
2 -17°F Dec 24, 1984
3 -16°F Feb 23, 1974
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.92 in Dec 13, 2019

More rain in a single day than Bishkek usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 1.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.92 in Dec 13, 2019
2 3.92 in May 20, 2020
3 3.90 in Jun 13, 2018

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°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 109°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Bishkek's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 109°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, Bishkek's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 109°F and as low as −18°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 17 years of daily observations at Bishkek, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →