How extreme does Arusha's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Arusha 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 Arusha station 6 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 Arusha has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

101°F Dec 21, 1995

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Dec 21, 1995

2 95°F Feb 25, 2005

3 93°F Feb 22, 2005

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Jul 8, 2001

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jul 8, 2001

2 41°F Aug 2, 2006

3 45°F Jul 9, 2008

🌧️ Most rain in one day

6.34 in Nov 3, 1994

The three most extreme on record

1 6.34 in Nov 3, 1994

2 5.00 in Jan 16, 2016

3 2.83 in Nov 2, 1994

In plain terms

Across the record, Arusha has reached as high as 101°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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