How extreme does Astana's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Astana 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 Astana station 8 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 Astana has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

104°F Jul 7, 2005

That is about 24°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Astana (typical high near 80°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jul 7, 2005

2 103°F Jul 30, 2008

3 102°F Jun 18, 1988

❄️ Coldest night

-45°F Dec 22, 1976

About 47°F colder than a normal December night in Astana (typical low near 2°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -45°F Dec 22, 1976

2 -45°F Dec 23, 1976

3 -44°F Feb 11, 1976

🌧️ Most rain in one day

3.38 in Jul 12, 1972

More rain in a single day than Astana usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 2.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.38 in Jul 12, 1972

2 1.83 in Jul 11, 1974

3 1.61 in Jul 20, 1990

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.

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Astana's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 24°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, Astana's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 0s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −45°F. A single day has delivered over 3 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 15 years of daily observations at Astana, a weather station, about 8 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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