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Weather extremes

How extreme does Gweru's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Gweru 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 Gweru Thornhill station 5 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 Gweru has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Oct 8, 2012

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal October afternoon in Gweru (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Oct 8, 2012
2 101°F Feb 23, 2011
3 100°F Oct 21, 2011
❄️ Coldest night
20°F Jun 26, 2011

About 21°F colder than a normal June night in Gweru (typical low near 41°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 20°F Jun 26, 2011
2 26°F Aug 3, 2006
3 26°F Aug 6, 2006
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.13 in Mar 29, 1994

More rain in a single day than Gweru usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 3.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.13 in Mar 29, 1994
2 6.52 in Feb 6, 2003
3 6.10 in Nov 13, 1997

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 101°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Gweru's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — October's 101°F is about 17°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, Gweru's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as 20°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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Gweru Thornhill, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →