How extreme does Nouadhibou's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Nouadhibou station 1 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 Nouadhibou has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

108°F May 24, 2003

That is about 27°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Nouadhibou (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 108°F May 24, 2003

2 106°F Sep 9, 1997

3 106°F Jun 18, 1995

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Feb 19, 1993

About 28°F colder than a normal February night in Nouadhibou (typical low near 60°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Feb 19, 1993

2 37°F Jan 31, 1993

3 41°F Dec 10, 1992

🌧️ Most rain in one day

6.73 in Sep 10, 2001

More rain in a single day than Nouadhibou usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 0.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.73 in Sep 10, 2001

2 6.72 in Apr 14, 2010

3 5.67 in Jun 3, 2002

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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Nouadhibou's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 108°F is about 27°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, Nouadhibou's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 108°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 28 years of daily observations at Nouadhibou, a weather station, about 1 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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