How extreme does Maseru's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Maseru has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 28 years of daily weather observations (1997–present), from the Moshoeshoe I Intl station 18 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 Maseru has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

97°F Jan 6, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 97°F Jan 6, 2016

2 95°F Jan 7, 2016

3 95°F Dec 24, 2018

❄️ Coldest night

23°F Jun 20, 2014

The three most extreme on record

1 23°F Jun 20, 2014

2 25°F May 23, 2007

3 25°F May 24, 2007

In plain terms

Across the record, Maseru has reached as high as 97°F and as low as 23°F. 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 Ficksburg, a weather station, about 69 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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