The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Aberdare has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 24 years of daily weather observations (2001–present), from the St Athan station 34 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 Aberdare
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
92°FAug 11, 2022
The three most extreme on record
192°FAug 11, 2022recent
291°FJul 18, 2022
391°FAug 13, 2022
❄️Coldest night
6°FJan 5, 2003
The three most extreme on record
16°FJan 5, 2003
28°FFeb 18, 2003
311°FFeb 14, 2003
🌧️Most rain in one day
3.43 inFeb 27, 2002
The three most extreme on record
13.43 inFeb 27, 2002
23.21 inJan 15, 2002
32.43 inAug 28, 2020
In plain terms
In a normal year, Aberdare's warmest days reach the high 50s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 92°F and as low as 6°F. A single day has delivered over 3 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 25 years of daily observations at Mumbles Head, a weather station, about 40 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.