How extreme does Kitwe's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Ndola Simon Mwansa Kawepewe Intl station 37 km away. Updated through February 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 Kitwe has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

99°F Jul 21, 1997

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Jul 21, 1997

2 98°F Oct 17, 2014

3 97°F Nov 4, 2005

❄️ Coldest night

34°F Jun 26, 1995

The three most extreme on record

1 34°F Jun 26, 1995

2 35°F Mar 28, 1996

3 36°F Jul 19, 1991

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.17 in Sep 10, 1994

The three most extreme on record

1 7.17 in Sep 10, 1994

2 4.33 in Apr 18, 2002

3 3.90 in Jan 1, 2005

In plain terms

Across the record, Kitwe has reached as high as 99°F and as low as 34°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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