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Weather extremes

How extreme does Gqeberha's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Gqeberha 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 Port Elizabeth Intl 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 Gqeberha has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Mar 30, 2017

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Gqeberha (typical high near 78°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Mar 30, 2017
2 104°F Feb 16, 2020
3 103°F Mar 7, 1991
❄️ Coldest night
31°F Jul 24, 1995

About 14°F colder than a normal July night in Gqeberha (typical low near 45°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 31°F Jul 24, 1995
2 32°F Jun 27, 1992
3 32°F Jun 21, 1996
🌧️ Most rain in one day
8.66 in Mar 26, 1981

More rain in a single day than Gqeberha usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 3.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 8.66 in Mar 26, 1981
2 7.87 in Mar 3, 1991
3 7.87 in Mar 8, 1991

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°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Gqeberha's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 104°F is about 26°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, Gqeberha's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 31°F. A single day has delivered over 9 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 28 years of daily observations at Port Elizabeth Intl, 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 →