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Weather extremes

How extreme does Madinah's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Madinah 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 (1973–present), from the Al-Madinah station 13 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 Madinah has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
120°F Aug 25, 1976

That is about 9°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Madinah (typical high near 111°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Aug 25, 1976
2 120°F Jul 20, 2005
3 119°F Jul 20, 1998
❄️ Coldest night
30°F Dec 30, 1977

About 27°F colder than a normal December night in Madinah (typical low near 57°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 30°F Dec 30, 1977
2 34°F Jan 3, 1973
3 34°F Jan 16, 2008
🌧️ Most rain in one day
39.37 in Nov 13, 1987

More rain in a single day than Madinah usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 0.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 39.37 in Nov 13, 1987
2 30.63 in May 2, 1978
3 30.63 in Jul 20, 1978

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°130° all-time high 120°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Madinah's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 120°F is about 9°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, Madinah's warmest days reach the low 110s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 30°F. A single day has delivered over 39 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 Al-madinah, a weather station, about 13 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →