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Weather extremes

How extreme does Masvingo's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Oct 13, 2023

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal October afternoon in Masvingo (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Oct 13, 2023recent
2 103°F Dec 13, 2024
3 103°F Oct 11, 2010
❄️ Coldest night
24°F Jun 30, 1994

About 19°F colder than a normal June night in Masvingo (typical low near 42°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 24°F Jun 30, 1994
2 26°F Jul 13, 1994
3 27°F Jul 2, 1996
🌧️ Most rain in one day
8.03 in Mar 7, 2003

More rain in a single day than Masvingo usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 2.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 8.03 in Mar 7, 2003
2 6.79 in Feb 23, 2011
3 5.59 in Jan 18, 1996

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

Masvingo's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — October's 104°F is about 18°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, Masvingo'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 104°F and as low as 24°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 22 years of daily observations at Masvingo 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 →