Climate-Zone.com

HomeCitiesSouth AfricaMbombelaTools › Weather extremes

Weather extremes

How extreme does Mbombela's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Mbombela has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 27 years of daily weather observations (1998–present), from the Nelspruit station 6 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 Mbombela has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Oct 11, 2010

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal October afternoon in Mbombela (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Oct 11, 2010
2 103°F Dec 2, 2015
3 102°F Oct 23, 2011
❄️ Coldest night
32°F May 29, 2000

About 20°F colder than a normal May night in Mbombela (typical low near 52°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F May 29, 2000
2 32°F Jun 29, 2000
3 32°F Jul 4, 2000
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.20 in Mar 5, 2014

More rain in a single day than Mbombela usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 3.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.20 in Mar 5, 2014
2 4.57 in Jan 25, 2021
3 3.58 in Jan 6, 2023

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 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Mbombela's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — October's 105°F is about 25°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, Mbombela's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 20 years of daily observations at Nelspruit, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →