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Weather extremes

How extreme does Lichinga's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lichinga 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 Lichinga station 5 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 Lichinga has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
95°F Sep 21, 1995

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Lichinga (typical high near 78°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 95°F Sep 21, 1995
2 94°F Oct 18, 2017
3 93°F Mar 19, 2002
❄️ Coldest night
35°F May 4, 2022

About 20°F colder than a normal May night in Lichinga (typical low near 56°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 35°F May 4, 2022recent
2 38°F Jun 12, 1993
3 39°F Jul 27, 2021
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.04 in Dec 2, 2005

The three most extreme on record

1 5.04 in Dec 2, 2005
2 3.70 in Jan 23, 2002
3 3.62 in Jun 20, 2007

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.

10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 95°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Lichinga's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 95°F is about 17°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, Lichinga's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 95°F and as low as 35°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 18 years of daily observations at Lichinga, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →