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Weather extremes

How extreme does Taitung's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Taidong station 1 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 Taitung has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F May 9, 2004

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Taitung (typical high near 84°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F May 9, 2004
2 101°F Aug 21, 1994
3 100°F Oct 10, 1994
❄️ Coldest night
49°F Jan 24, 2016

About 14°F colder than a normal January night in Taitung (typical low near 63°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 49°F Jan 24, 2016
2 50°F Jan 25, 2016
3 50°F Mar 4, 2005
🌧️ Most rain in one day
12.60 in Oct 15, 1998

More rain in a single day than Taitung usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 6.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.60 in Oct 15, 1998
2 12.40 in Oct 8, 1999
3 12.12 in Aug 5, 2002

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 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Taitung's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 103°F is about 18°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, Taitung's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as 49°F. A single day has delivered over 13 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 Taidong, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →