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Weather extremes

How extreme does Samarkand's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Samarkand 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 Samarkand station 10 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 Samarkand has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
108°F Jul 10, 1971

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Samarkand (typical high near 94°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 108°F Jul 10, 1971
2 108°F Jul 30, 1983
3 108°F Jul 4, 2025
❄️ Coldest night
-8°F Feb 3, 1972

About 40°F colder than a normal February night in Samarkand (typical low near 32°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -8°F Feb 3, 1972
2 -7°F Feb 7, 1978
3 -5°F Jan 22, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.45 in Sep 15, 2011

More rain in a single day than Samarkand usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 0.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.45 in Sep 15, 2011
2 3.90 in May 24, 2013
3 3.90 in Aug 18, 2020

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°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 108°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Samarkand's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 108°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, Samarkand's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 108°F and as low as −8°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 15 years of daily observations at Samarkand, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →