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Weather extremes

How extreme does Mahajanga's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Mahajanga 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 (1973–present), from the Philibert Tsiranana station 7 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 Mahajanga has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Oct 31, 2024

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal October afternoon in Mahajanga (typical high near 93°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Oct 31, 2024recent
2 103°F Dec 15, 1988
3 103°F Jan 18, 2002
❄️ Coldest night
50°F Sep 22, 1988

About 18°F colder than a normal September night in Mahajanga (typical low near 68°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Sep 22, 1988
2 52°F Sep 24, 1980
3 52°F Oct 1, 1991
🌧️ Most rain in one day
13.78 in Feb 8, 1981

More rain in a single day than Mahajanga usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 13.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.78 in Feb 8, 1981
2 11.81 in Dec 13, 1976
3 11.57 in Mar 20, 1982

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°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Mahajanga's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — October's 104°F is about 11°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, Mahajanga's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 14 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 Philibert Tsiranana, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →