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Weather extremes

How extreme does Makhachkala's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Makhachkala 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 (1971–2024), from the Mahackala station 4 km away. Updated through July 2024 — 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 Makhachkala has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Aug 9, 2017

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Makhachkala (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Aug 9, 2017
2 103°F Jul 1, 2018
3 102°F Aug 4, 1998
❄️ Coldest night
-16°F Feb 9, 2012

About 45°F colder than a normal February night in Makhachkala (typical low near 29°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -16°F Feb 9, 2012
2 -9°F Jan 19, 1972
3 -9°F Jan 23, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.87 in Aug 11, 2021

More rain in a single day than Makhachkala usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 1.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.87 in Aug 11, 2021recent
2 4.87 in Sep 18, 1995
3 3.32 in Sep 30, 1990

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°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Makhachkala's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 104°F is about 19°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, Makhachkala's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −16°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 27 years of daily observations at Mahackala, 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 →