Ethiopia Weather Records in 2020

114 weather records set or tied in Ethiopia in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Ethiopia in 2020

114 weather records were set or tied in Ethiopia in 2020.
86 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
118 records set in 2020 still stand in Ethiopia.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in Ethiopia each year from 1981 to 2025, stacked by type. 2020 had 114.

Weather records per year in Ethiopia, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1981	0	0	8	6	0	14
1982	3	34	88	14	15	154
1983	36	40	110	4	46	236
1984	99	41	93	96	41	370
1985	36	87	100	302	53	578
1986	50	54	132	16	64	316
1987	182	79	173	26	81	541
1988	35	42	96	5	62	240
1989	9	36	17	40	57	159
1990	29	18	39	12	25	123
1991	18	3	22	2	15	60
1992	4	5	12	3	10	34
1993	14	3	39	3	20	79
1994	48	14	136	12	35	245
1995	40	9	134	3	19	205
1996	23	14	88	8	32	165
1997	26	3	85	5	30	149
1998	36	5	112	3	32	188
1999	55	9	40	12	13	129
2000	3	0	10	3	0	16
2001	0	0	15	2	4	21
2002	0	0	2	1	0	3
2003	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	0	0	5	0	0	5
2006	41	10	74	1	18	144
2007	18	3	63	5	9	98
2008	23	1	45	5	19	93
2009	70	1	107	2	26	206
2010	32	6	95	5	24	162
2011	16	3	41	4	10	74
2012	68	0	29	5	2	104
2013	41	1	106	2	29	179
2014	24	0	80	2	35	141
2015	120	2	99	1	13	235
2016	85	5	109	6	24	229
2017	41	9	34	9	10	103
2018	15	6	24	1	15	61
2019	27	3	34	3	17	84
2020	21	8	65	0	20	114
2021	27	9	18	1	13	68
2022	28	1	20	4	12	65
2023	24	4	41	7	18	94
2024	10	2	28	0	3	43
2025	47	1	33	2	5	88

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Ethiopia: 1980s 1.4 to 1, 1990s 7.0 to 1, 2000s 14 to 1, 2010s 16 to 1, 2020s 9.5 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 118

Records still standing in Ethiopia by the year they were set. 118 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in Ethiopia by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1951	84
1952	551
1953	521
1954	454
1955	457
1956	557
1957	663
1958	596
1959	455
1960	389
1961	656
1962	533
1963	462
1964	551
1965	517
1966	543
1967	580
1968	599
1969	497
1970	494
1971	466
1972	464
1973	616
1974	484
1975	370
1976	380
1977	380
1978	316
1979	496
1980	432
1981	411
1982	487
1983	535
1984	446
1985	657
1986	425
1987	652
1988	245
1989	155
1990	124
1991	64
1992	41
1993	72
1994	178
1995	180
1996	153
1997	127
1998	165
1999	123
2000	21
2001	17
2002	7
2003	1
2005	3
2006	111
2007	66
2008	68
2009	154
2010	121
2011	52
2012	79
2013	146
2014	108
2015	204
2016	209
2017	93
2018	57
2019	86
2020	118
2021	72
2022	62
2023	99
2024	49
2025	142
2026	14

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Decade	Highs per low
1980s	1.38 to 1
1990s	7.03 to 1
2000s	14.35 to 1
2010s	15.59 to 1
2020s	9.46 to 1