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Weather extremes

How extreme does Sambava's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Nov 3, 1986

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal November afternoon in Sambava (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Nov 3, 1986
2 100°F Jan 13, 1988
3 99°F Dec 17, 1977
❄️ Coldest night
49°F Sep 9, 1990

About 17°F colder than a normal September night in Sambava (typical low near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 49°F Sep 9, 1990
2 50°F Oct 25, 1978
3 52°F Apr 25, 1978
🌧️ Most rain in one day
15.87 in Mar 31, 2017

About 95% of a typical March's rain in a single day (Sambava averages roughly 16.8 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.87 in Mar 31, 2017
2 11.81 in Aug 18, 1981
3 11.65 in Apr 24, 2019

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 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Sambava's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — November's 102°F is about 16°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, Sambava's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 49°F. A single day has delivered over 16 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 21 years of daily observations at Sambava, 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 →