Burkina Faso: Weather Records and Extremes

78 weather records set or tied in Burkina Faso in 2026: 50 highs and 28 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso has 13 stations in the data, on Africa.
78 weather records were set or tied in Burkina Faso in 2026: 50 record highs and 28 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 3.21 to 1 in Burkina Faso.
1974 holds the most standing records in Burkina Faso: 632.
Boromo set a daily record low maximum temperature of 30.2 C (86.4 F) on 8 November 2025.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

32 highs, 23 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Burkina Faso, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 25 August 2026 with 2 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Burkina Faso in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-05	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-06	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-23	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-17	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-18	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-19	1 more record lows than highs
2026-03-02	1 more record lows than highs
2026-03-25	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-18	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-27	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-29	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-04	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-10	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-21	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-06	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-07	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-09	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-11	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-05	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-13	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-16	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-19	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-21	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-24	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-25	2 more record highs than lows
2026-08-29	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-31	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-02	2 more record highs than lows
2026-09-04	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-05	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-09	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-14	2 more record highs than lows
2026-09-16	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-20	1 more record lows than highs
2026-09-21	1 more record lows than highs
2026-09-25	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-26	2 more record highs than lows
2026-09-27	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-30	2 more record lows than highs
2026-10-02	1 more record lows than highs
2026-10-05	2 more record lows than highs

Records per Year, by Type

1971 to 2026

Records set or tied in Burkina Faso each year from 1971 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 78.

Weather records per year in Burkina Faso, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1971	3	15	18	12	17	65
1972	7	29	22	13	19	90
1973	13	28	55	7	13	116
1974	3	49	17	12	15	96
1975	2	19	12	9	9	51
1976	5	132	28	58	57	280
1977	22	52	89	47	34	244
1978	37	71	69	32	58	267
1979	31	80	123	29	42	305
1980	63	44	120	15	27	269
1981	12	12	19	1	13	57
1982	8	25	18	3	13	67
1983	17	24	47	6	15	109
1984	26	7	57	7	12	109
1985	6	15	36	13	11	81
1986	5	16	20	14	10	65
1987	29	5	47	1	9	91
1988	14	16	32	10	12	84
1989	6	25	8	8	3	50
1990	25	10	32	2	9	78
1991	12	10	22	0	15	59
1992	10	8	6	21	10	55
1993	11	10	20	21	11	73
1994	2	15	29	26	15	87
1995	8	3	27	31	8	77
1996	15	6	11	27	5	64
1997	28	23	61	19	9	140
1998	51	9	74	10	10	154
1999	13	12	32	12	1	70
2000	10	17	23	14	4	68
2001	9	7	24	20	4	64
2002	22	3	36	6	0	67
2003	70	29	106	26	4	235
2004	84	47	109	32	4	276
2005	78	20	143	9	5	255
2006	48	28	79	25	5	185
2007	60	47	137	23	5	272
2008	35	44	62	46	5	192
2009	46	68	100	30	10	254
2010	110	47	141	38	8	344
2011	82	21	79	12	1	195
2012	36	58	84	22	5	205
2013	77	25	89	25	9	225
2014	47	41	123	26	5	242
2015	78	24	131	14	7	254
2016	109	39	202	16	2	368
2017	80	54	102	24	6	266
2018	33	30	111	18	8	200
2019	30	44	39	5	4	122
2020	104	57	120	34	6	321
2021	142	24	122	22	7	317
2022	15	52	52	26	3	148
2023	72	25	148	10	5	260
2024	156	23	142	27	9	357
2025	45	43	56	9	4	157
2026	10	21	35	4	0	70

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Burkina Faso: 1970s 0.8 to 1, 1980s 2.2 to 1, 1990s 1.8 to 1, 2000s 2.4 to 1, 2010s 3.1 to 1, 2020s 3.2 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

1974: 632

Records still standing in Burkina Faso, by the year they were set. 1974 holds the most with 632.

Standing records in Burkina Faso by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1940	409
1941	150
1942	119
1943	60
1944	147
1945	602
1946	263
1947	340
1948	261
1949	248
1950	222
1951	224
1952	241
1953	209
1954	191
1955	235
1956	260
1957	207
1958	287
1959	218
1960	187
1961	224
1962	237
1963	263
1964	227
1965	163
1967	355
1968	301
1969	275
1970	208
1971	214
1972	237
1973	586
1974	632
1975	334
1976	549
1977	503
1978	386
1979	457
1980	407
1981	181
1982	238
1983	252
1984	360
1985	318
1986	338
1987	286
1988	305
1989	262
1990	295
1991	218
1992	233
1993	294
1994	283
1995	246
1996	248
1997	281
1998	452
1999	198
2000	191
2001	175
2002	227
2003	255
2004	299
2005	234
2006	164
2007	239
2008	236
2009	302
2010	394
2011	205
2012	256
2013	307
2014	306
2015	360
2016	358
2017	287
2018	246
2019	142
2020	319
2021	328
2022	166
2023	265
2024	384
2025	177
2026	41

Record Map for 2026

110 stations

The 110 highest significance station records of 2026 in Burkina Faso, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Burkina Faso in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Po	Burkina Faso	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Burkina Faso by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 2025	Boromo, BF	daily low max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Boromo, BF	daily low max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2025	Po, BF	daily low max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 2026	Boromo, BF	daily low max (Provisional)	26.9 C (80.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 2026	Po, BF	daily low max	24.6 C (76.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 2026	Po, BF	daily high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 2026	Boromo, BF	daily high min (Provisional)	24.6 C (76.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 2026	Po, BF	daily low max (Provisional)	24.6 C (76.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 2025	Boromo, BF	daily high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 2026	Boromo, BF	monthly high min	27.6 C (81.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

Burkina Faso by Year

Stations

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Stations in Burkina Faso
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Bobo-Dioulasso	n/a	1940	41 years	Threshold days
Ouagadougou	n/a	1940	41 years	Threshold days
Boromo	n/a	1945	36 years	Threshold days
Dori	n/a	1945	36 years	Threshold days
Fada N'Gourma	n/a	1945	81 years	Threshold days
Gaoua	n/a	1945	81 years	Threshold days
Ouahigouya	n/a	1967	59 years	Threshold days
Bobo Dioulasso	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Boromo	n/a	1973	54 years	Threshold days
Dori	n/a	1973	50 years	Threshold days
Ouagadougou	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Dedougou	n/a	1983	43 years	Threshold days
Po	n/a	1983	44 years	Threshold days

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Decade	Highs per low
1970s	0.81 to 1
1980s	2.24 to 1
1990s	1.79 to 1
2000s	2.39 to 1
2010s	3.08 to 1
2020s	3.21 to 1