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Weather extremes

How extreme does Cairo's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cairo 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 (1971–present), from the Tallahassee station 55 km away. Updated through May 2026 — 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 Cairo has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Jun 15, 2011

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Cairo (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Jun 15, 2011
2 104°F Jun 24, 2022
3 103°F Jul 14, 1980
❄️ Coldest night
6°F Jan 21, 1985

About 34°F colder than a normal January night in Cairo (typical low near 41°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 6°F Jan 21, 1985
2 8°F Jan 13, 1981
3 10°F Jan 22, 1985
🌧️ Most rain in one day
8.17 in Jun 11, 2001

More rain in a single day than Cairo usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 7.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 8.17 in Jun 11, 2001
2 7.86 in Sep 22, 2000
3 7.79 in Oct 7, 1996
Most snow in one day
1.5 in Jan 21, 2025

The three most extreme on record

1 1.5 in Jan 21, 2025recent
2 0.8 in Dec 22, 1989
3 0.4 in Feb 10, 1973

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°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Cairo's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 105°F is about 14°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, Cairo's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as 6°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain or close to 2 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Cairo 1sw (NOAA GHCN station USC00091463), about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →