Namibia Weather Records in 2016

241 weather records set or tied in Namibia in 2016, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Namibia in 2016

241 weather records were set or tied in Namibia in 2016.
194 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
554 records set in 2016 still stand in Namibia.

Records per Year, by Type

2016 outlined

Records set or tied in Namibia each year from 1943 to 2025, stacked by type. 2016 had 241.

Weather records per year in Namibia, stacked by type, 2016 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1943	0	0	0	0	10	10
1944	0	0	0	0	12	12
1945	0	0	0	0	8	8
1946	0	0	0	0	4	4
1947	0	0	0	0	19	19
1948	0	0	0	0	14	14
1949	0	0	0	0	21	21
1950	0	0	0	0	34	34
1951	0	0	0	0	30	30
1952	0	0	0	0	7	7
1953	0	0	0	0	36	36
1954	0	0	0	0	34	34
1955	0	0	0	0	34	34
1956	0	0	0	0	34	34
1957	0	0	0	0	40	40
1958	0	0	0	0	24	24
1959	0	0	0	0	10	10
1960	0	0	0	0	25	25
1961	0	0	0	0	28	28
1962	0	0	0	0	19	19
1963	0	0	0	0	28	28
1964	0	0	0	0	8	8
1965	0	0	0	0	21	21
1966	0	0	0	0	23	23
1967	0	0	0	0	30	30
1968	0	0	0	0	25	25
1969	0	0	0	0	20	20
1970	0	0	0	0	15	15
1971	0	0	0	0	12	12
1972	0	0	0	0	18	18
1973	0	0	0	0	15	15
1974	0	0	0	0	18	18
1975	0	0	0	0	12	12
1976	0	0	0	0	9	9
1977	0	0	0	0	10	10
1978	0	0	0	0	20	20
1979	0	0	0	0	42	42
1980	0	0	0	0	32	32
1981	0	0	0	0	17	17
1982	0	0	0	0	19	19
1983	0	0	0	0	30	30
1984	0	0	0	0	19	19
1985	0	0	0	0	21	21
1986	0	0	0	0	14	14
1987	0	0	0	0	16	16
1988	9	9	0	0	10	28
1989	4	15	10	16	15	60
1990	7	6	14	12	7	46
1991	7	13	4	5	13	42
1992	35	3	13	10	6	67
1993	12	3	16	5	16	52
1994	14	10	12	8	25	69
1995	14	6	18	10	18	66
1996	23	15	16	10	18	82
1997	21	13	13	12	22	81
1998	64	2	25	4	6	101
1999	26	25	45	11	15	122
2000	11	19	11	9	18	68
2001	36	13	35	19	9	112
2002	47	10	32	13	9	111
2003	48	12	41	10	6	117
2004	29	2	13	5	12	61
2005	58	5	12	7	7	89
2006	29	5	7	9	13	63
2007	60	5	13	15	1	94
2008	27	1	9	14	14	65
2009	28	0	13	6	12	59
2010	65	3	15	11	10	104
2011	25	4	17	38	16	100
2012	107	1	18	43	11	180
2013	167	8	40	35	12	262
2014	77	54	31	78	5	245
2015	217	7	64	53	4	345
2016	152	10	42	35	2	241
2017	53	20	21	40	6	140
2018	46	12	26	26	6	116
2019	143	12	93	15	1	264
2020	32	9	14	5	5	65
2021	13	5	6	50	6	80
2022	35	1	7	54	9	106
2023	88	6	19	32	4	149
2024	235	4	53	40	3	335
2025	7	12	9	22	9	59

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Namibia: 1980s 0.6 to 1, 1990s 2.2 to 1, 2000s 3.1 to 1, 2010s 2.9 to 1, 2020s 2.2 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2016: 554

Records still standing in Namibia by the year they were set. 554 of them were set in 2016.

Standing records in Namibia by the year they were set, 2016 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1913	130
1914	9
1915	5
1916	2
1917	81
1918	8
1919	5
1920	6
1921	16
1922	6
1923	15
1924	5
1925	15
1926	12
1927	4
1928	10
1929	7
1930	4
1932	6
1933	3
1934	10
1935	5
1936	5
1937	6
1938	14
1939	13
1940	6
1942	4
1943	8
1944	5
1946	4
1947	6
1948	5
1949	71
1950	23
1951	18
1952	8
1953	18
1954	23
1955	24
1956	23
1957	35
1958	46
1959	84
1960	39
1961	158
1962	111
1963	225
1964	318
1965	59
1966	146
1967	77
1968	402
1969	156
1970	78
1971	110
1972	117
1973	85
1974	205
1975	100
1976	231
1977	114
1978	117
1979	160
1980	169
1981	144
1982	176
1983	254
1984	174
1985	235
1986	209
1987	275
1988	259
1989	329
1990	243
1991	245
1992	224
1993	269
1994	259
1995	252
1996	289
1997	378
1998	336
1999	328
2000	218
2001	229
2002	294
2003	306
2004	241
2005	443
2006	348
2007	263
2008	403
2009	320
2010	504
2011	523
2012	567
2013	636
2014	491
2015	623
2016	554
2017	400
2018	281
2019	708
2020	327
2021	587
2022	598
2023	582
2024	1,064
2025	554
2026	130

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Data for Namibia in 2016: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).

Decade	Highs per low
1980s	0.56 to 1
1990s	2.18 to 1
2000s	3.09 to 1
2010s	2.93 to 1
2020s	2.20 to 1