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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kurgan's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Kurgan station 4 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 Kurgan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Aug 11, 2012

That is about 27°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Kurgan (typical high near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Aug 11, 2012
2 100°F Jul 1, 1995
3 100°F Jul 18, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
-49°F Jan 1, 1979

About 46°F colder than a normal January night in Kurgan (typical low near -3°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -49°F Jan 1, 1979
2 -49°F Dec 10, 1984
3 -46°F Jan 17, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.23 in Jul 10, 2014

About 89% of a typical July's rain in a single day (Kurgan averages roughly 2.5 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.23 in Jul 10, 2014
2 2.08 in Jul 27, 1999
3 2.02 in Aug 2, 1976

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.

-70°-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 101°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kurgan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 101°F is about 27°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, Kurgan's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 0s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as −49°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 29 years of daily observations at Kurgan, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →