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Weather extremes

How extreme does Liepāja's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Liepāja 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 Liepaja station 2 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 Liepāja has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
96°F Aug 4, 2014

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Liepāja (typical high near 71°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 96°F Aug 4, 2014
2 94°F Aug 3, 2014
3 91°F Jun 30, 1997
❄️ Coldest night
-17°F Feb 11, 1985

About 42°F colder than a normal February night in Liepāja (typical low near 25°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -17°F Feb 11, 1985
2 -17°F Jan 30, 1987
3 -16°F Jan 10, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.85 in Apr 26, 1999

More rain in a single day than Liepāja usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 1.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.85 in Apr 26, 1999
2 4.57 in Aug 23, 1972
3 4.02 in Dec 13, 1993

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° all-time high 96°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Liepāja's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 96°F is about 25°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, Liepāja's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 96°F and as low as −17°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 25 years of daily observations at Liepaja, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →