How extreme does Jinja's weather get?

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

Based on 32 years of daily weather observations (1993–present), from the Jinja station 3 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 Jinja has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

101°F Oct 13, 1993

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Oct 13, 1993

2 100°F Jan 24, 2013

3 100°F Feb 22, 2003

❄️ Coldest night

48°F Jun 17, 2003

The three most extreme on record

1 48°F Jun 17, 2003

2 48°F May 9, 2003

3 51°F Dec 21, 2014

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.57 in May 10, 2000

The three most extreme on record

1 7.57 in May 10, 2000

2 3.66 in Oct 4, 2007

3 3.62 in Oct 29, 2004

In plain terms

Across the record, Jinja has reached as high as 101°F and as low as 48°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 Kisumu, a weather station, about 179 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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