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Weather extremes

How extreme does Sola's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sola 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 (1973–present), from the Sola/Vanua Lava Isl 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 Sola has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Jan 3, 1979

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Sola (typical high near 83°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jan 3, 1979
2 104°F Jan 12, 1979
3 104°F Jan 14, 1979
❄️ Coldest night
50°F Feb 18, 1979

About 31°F colder than a normal February night in Sola (typical low near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 50°F Feb 18, 1979
2 50°F Mar 2, 1979
3 50°F Mar 4, 1979
🌧️ Most rain in one day
18.97 in Jul 30, 2007

More rain in a single day than Sola usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 12.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.97 in Jul 30, 2007
2 18.97 in Dec 21, 2007
3 14.69 in Jun 7, 1994

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°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Sola's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 104°F is about 21°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, Sola's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 50°F. A single day has delivered over 19 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 13 years of daily observations at Sola/vanua Lava Isl, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →