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Weather extremes

How extreme does Pemba's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Jan 22, 2003

That is about 12°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Pemba (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Jan 22, 2003
2 99°F Feb 6, 2012
3 99°F Dec 31, 2023
❄️ Coldest night
48°F Jun 11, 2002

About 20°F colder than a normal June night in Pemba (typical low near 67°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 48°F Jun 11, 2002
2 50°F Aug 14, 1998
3 52°F May 29, 1991
🌧️ Most rain in one day
10.04 in Apr 29, 2019

More rain in a single day than Pemba usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 4.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 10.04 in Apr 29, 2019
2 9.45 in Jan 16, 2009
3 6.77 in Dec 22, 2013

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° all-time high 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Pemba's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 99°F is about 12°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, Pemba'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 99°F and as low as 48°F. A single day has delivered over 10 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 Pemba, 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 →