Benin: Weather Records and Extremes

37 weather records set or tied in Benin in 2026: 28 highs and 9 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Benin

Benin has 9 stations in the data, on Africa.
37 weather records were set or tied in Benin in 2026: 28 record highs and 9 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 2.98 to 1 in Benin.
1973 holds the most standing records in Benin: 525.
Bohicon set a daily record low maximum temperature of 24.7 C (76.5 F) on 29 July 2026.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

22 highs, 9 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Benin, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 7 January 2026 with 1 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Benin in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-15	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-02	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-14	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-17	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-23	1 more record highs than lows
2026-03-03	1 more record highs than lows
2026-03-11	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-13	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-29	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-09	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-19	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-22	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-24	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-27	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-29	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-30	1 more record lows than highs
2026-09-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-05	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-09	1 more record lows than highs
2026-09-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-12	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-16	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-18	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-21	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-25	1 more record lows than highs

Records per Year, by Type

1972 to 2026

Records set or tied in Benin each year from 1972 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 37.

Weather records per year in Benin, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1972	3	6	4	8	15	36
1973	24	5	41	10	11	91
1974	1	17	3	20	8	49
1975	0	14	1	25	11	51
1976	48	58	28	69	39	242
1977	94	30	72	41	20	257
1978	45	49	30	30	35	189
1979	46	33	86	16	41	222
1980	32	34	35	22	24	147
1981	35	7	28	5	6	81
1982	21	13	22	10	20	86
1983	49	9	54	11	14	137
1984	29	4	39	5	9	86
1985	18	7	25	11	14	75
1986	11	18	14	11	11	65
1987	31	6	95	1	18	151
1988	11	10	59	9	16	105
1989	11	6	17	16	11	61
1990	29	8	39	2	10	88
1991	9	6	22	12	10	59
1992	6	8	12	7	7	40
1993	11	5	20	9	13	58
1994	4	4	16	9	6	39
1995	9	2	34	7	6	58
1996	7	4	34	3	13	61
1997	9	11	24	3	12	59
1998	24	2	71	2	10	109
1999	6	6	16	3	2	33
2000	6	5	20	4	7	42
2001	16	2	18	3	2	41
2002	8	5	21	1	4	39
2003	14	6	55	2	9	86
2004	19	9	73	9	9	119
2005	112	22	115	5	6	260
2006	144	24	125	16	4	313
2007	89	25	49	5	7	175
2008	98	11	67	32	10	218
2009	117	34	127	15	9	302
2010	147	22	236	2	6	413
2011	69	29	56	19	4	177
2012	21	43	58	28	7	157
2013	78	33	80	46	8	245
2014	45	32	71	33	4	185
2015	102	17	125	53	2	299
2016	85	27	169	27	7	315
2017	103	15	99	36	7	260
2018	23	29	52	32	6	142
2019	27	37	52	21	7	144
2020	57	24	42	38	7	168
2021	108	11	107	18	6	250
2022	23	35	22	26	4	110
2023	62	20	140	15	9	246
2024	65	11	130	25	4	235
2025	22	40	37	7	1	107
2026	1	9	21	0	0	31

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Benin: 1970s 1.2 to 1, 1980s 3.0 to 1, 1990s 3.7 to 1, 2000s 5.6 to 1, 2010s 3.0 to 1, 2020s 3.0 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

1973: 525

Records still standing in Benin, by the year they were set. 1973 holds the most with 525.

Standing records in Benin by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1941	54
1942	27
1943	17
1944	54
1945	484
1946	222
1947	291
1948	182
1949	254
1950	168
1951	233
1952	215
1953	161
1954	193
1955	184
1956	243
1957	236
1958	256
1959	179
1960	192
1961	189
1962	221
1963	233
1964	167
1965	101
1967	130
1968	161
1969	164
1970	200
1971	181
1972	213
1973	525
1974	436
1975	376
1976	510
1977	479
1978	364
1979	276
1980	181
1981	146
1982	145
1983	223
1984	140
1985	166
1986	177
1987	215
1988	216
1989	175
1990	182
1991	123
1992	127
1993	146
1994	111
1995	122
1996	121
1997	186
1998	275
1999	99
2000	110
2001	92
2002	100
2003	106
2004	134
2005	151
2006	195
2007	119
2008	144
2009	202
2010	298
2011	153
2012	113
2013	179
2014	150
2015	214
2016	266
2017	242
2018	135
2019	149
2020	168
2021	236
2022	126
2023	255
2024	250
2025	121
2026	15

Record Map for 2026

53 stations

The 53 highest significance station records of 2026 in Benin, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Benin in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Benin by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2026	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 2025	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 2025	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 2025	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 2026	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max (Provisional)	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 2026	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	31.4 C (88.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 2026	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	29.1 C (84.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 February 2026	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 2025	Bohicon, BJ	daily high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 2025	Bohicon, BJ	daily low max	30.3 C (86.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

Benin by Year

Stations

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Stations in Benin
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Cotonou	n/a	1941	85 years	Threshold days
Kandi	n/a	1945	35 years	Threshold days
Natitingou	n/a	1945	81 years	Threshold days
Save	n/a	1945	36 years	Threshold days
Tchaourou	n/a	1945	34 years	Threshold days
Bohicon	n/a	1973	54 years	Threshold days
Kandi	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Parakou	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Save	n/a	1973	53 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	1.22 to 1
1980s	3.03 to 1
1990s	3.67 to 1
2000s	5.56 to 1
2010s	2.96 to 1
2020s	2.98 to 1