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Weather extremes

How extreme does Hastings's weather get?

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

Based on 33 years of daily weather observations (1992–present), from the Napier Aerodrome Aws station 19 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 Hastings has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Feb 2, 2020

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Hastings (typical high near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Feb 2, 2020
2 98°F Feb 1, 2009
3 97°F Feb 4, 2020
❄️ Coldest night
27°F Jul 14, 2015

About 14°F colder than a normal July night in Hastings (typical low near 40°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 27°F Jul 14, 2015
2 27°F Jul 14, 1994
3 27°F Aug 24, 2006
🌧️ Most rain in one day
6.66 in Feb 13, 2023

More rain in a single day than Hastings usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 2.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.66 in Feb 13, 2023recent
2 4.66 in Feb 6, 2022
3 4.61 in Apr 27, 2011

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 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Hastings's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 99°F is about 25°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, Hastings's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 99°F and as low as 27°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 Napier Aerodrome Aws, a weather station, about 19 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →