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Weather extremes

How extreme does Rikitea's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
93°F Feb 15, 2011

That is about 10°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Rikitea (typical high near 83°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 93°F Feb 15, 2011
2 89°F Feb 27, 2025
3 89°F Mar 7, 2016
❄️ Coldest night
47°F May 14, 2007

About 23°F colder than a normal May night in Rikitea (typical low near 70°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 47°F May 14, 2007
2 48°F May 29, 2007
3 53°F Dec 20, 2001
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.76 in Nov 18, 2023

More rain in a single day than Rikitea usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 6.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.76 in Nov 18, 2023recent
2 7.95 in Apr 15, 2019
3 6.97 in Oct 27, 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.

30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 93°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Rikitea's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 93°F is about 10°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, Rikitea's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 93°F and as low as 47°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 30 years of daily observations at Mangareva, 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 →