How extreme does Calabar's weather get?

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

Based on 27 years of daily weather observations (1998–present), from the Calabar / Margaret Ekpo Intl station 3 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 Calabar has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

104°F Oct 11, 2023

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Oct 11, 2023recent

2 102°F May 20, 2012

3 100°F Jan 30, 2024

❄️ Coldest night

59°F Jul 11, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 59°F Jul 11, 2024recent

2 67°F Sep 5, 2024

3 67°F Jan 13, 2025

🌧️ Most rain in one day

8.67 in Sep 29, 2009

The three most extreme on record

1 8.67 in Sep 29, 2009

2 5.20 in Sep 29, 2012

3 4.88 in Sep 27, 2010

In plain terms

Across the record, Calabar has reached as high as 104°F and as low as 59°F. A single day has delivered over 9 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 Douala, a weather station, about 187 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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