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Weather extremes

How extreme does Tambacounda's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Tambacounda 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 Tambacounda station 2 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 Tambacounda has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
119°F May 9, 1986

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Tambacounda (typical high near 106°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 119°F May 9, 1986
2 118°F Apr 5, 1974
3 118°F May 29, 1978
❄️ Coldest night
50°F Dec 15, 1973

About 16°F colder than a normal December night in Tambacounda (typical low near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Dec 15, 1973
2 50°F Nov 25, 1974
3 51°F Jan 1, 1992
🌧️ Most rain in one day
15.55 in Aug 18, 1992

More rain in a single day than Tambacounda usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 15.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.55 in Aug 18, 1992
2 14.22 in Aug 20, 2013
3 11.42 in Jun 3, 1982

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°130° all-time high 119°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Tambacounda's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 119°F is about 13°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, Tambacounda's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 119°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 16 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 21 years of daily observations at Tambacounda, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →