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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kairouan's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
123°F Aug 11, 2021

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Kairouan (typical high near 100°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 123°F Aug 11, 2021recent
2 120°F Jul 23, 2023
3 120°F Jul 24, 2023
❄️ Coldest night
24°F Jan 5, 2021

About 21°F colder than a normal January night in Kairouan (typical low near 45°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 24°F Jan 5, 2021recent
2 26°F Jan 18, 2020
3 27°F Jan 18, 1979
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.21 in Apr 13, 1993

More rain in a single day than Kairouan usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 1.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.21 in Apr 13, 1993
2 3.69 in Dec 17, 2016
3 3.61 in Mar 20, 2022

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°150° all-time high 123°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kairouan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 123°F is about 23°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, Kairouan's warmest days reach the low 100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 123°F and as low as 24°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 Kairouan, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →