Tanzania Weather Records in 2017

48 weather records set or tied in Tanzania in 2017, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Tanzania in 2017

48 weather records were set or tied in Tanzania in 2017.
23 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
392 records set in 2017 still stand in Tanzania.

Records per Year, by Type

2017 outlined

Records set or tied in Tanzania each year from 1980 to 2025, stacked by type. 2017 had 48.

Weather records per year in Tanzania, stacked by type, 2017 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1980	0	0	0	0	43	43
1981	0	0	0	0	57	57
1982	0	0	0	0	92	92
1983	0	0	0	0	66	66
1984	0	0	0	0	61	61
1985	0	0	0	0	57	57
1986	0	0	0	0	61	61
1987	0	0	0	0	60	60
1988	0	0	0	0	76	76
1989	1	15	4	3	69	92
1990	3	7	2	8	20	40
1991	9	6	3	2	17	37
1992	3	4	7	3	12	29
1993	0	0	0	0	3	3
1994	1	0	0	0	12	13
1995	0	0	0	0	17	17
1996	0	0	0	1	9	10
1997	0	0	0	1	29	30
1998	1	1	2	1	10	15
1999	1	1	1	2	2	7
2000	2	2	7	4	9	24
2001	5	7	6	1	10	29
2002	11	9	20	2	21	63
2003	51	1	35	2	19	108
2004	11	7	17	6	21	62
2005	15	2	13	5	21	56
2006	13	1	15	2	33	64
2007	27	2	13	0	17	59
2008	6	4	10	2	21	43
2009	59	0	29	0	11	99
2010	21	1	28	2	13	65
2011	39	0	18	3	34	94
2012	44	0	9	4	20	77
2013	36	1	17	2	23	79
2014	36	1	26	2	21	86
2015	42	4	27	0	25	98
2016	26	2	18	1	23	70
2017	8	1	15	0	24	48
2018	10	3	13	0	45	71
2019	8	3	41	0	37	89
2020	9	2	19	3	24	57
2021	10	1	7	0	30	48
2022	6	3	9	0	35	53
2023	12	5	33	0	34	84
2024	14	3	25	0	28	70
2025	3	1	8	0	17	29

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Tanzania: 1980s 0.3 to 1, 1990s 0.9 to 1, 2000s 6.3 to 1, 2010s 16 to 1, 2020s 8.8 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2017: 392

Records still standing in Tanzania by the year they were set. 392 of them were set in 2017.

Standing records in Tanzania by the year they were set, 2017 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1950	52
1951	76
1952	70
1953	36
1954	37
1955	52
1956	31
1957	51
1958	65
1959	80
1960	216
1961	161
1962	106
1963	125
1964	87
1965	86
1966	74
1967	165
1968	131
1969	91
1970	82
1971	90
1972	121
1973	111
1974	155
1975	245
1976	250
1977	261
1978	235
1979	242
1980	140
1981	215
1982	186
1983	194
1984	194
1985	233
1986	238
1987	248
1988	305
1989	254
1990	114
1991	121
1992	75
1993	8
1994	30
1995	36
1996	31
1997	65
1998	38
1999	6
2000	37
2001	69
2002	155
2003	300
2004	227
2005	270
2006	323
2007	315
2008	310
2009	371
2010	232
2011	355
2012	320
2013	335
2014	433
2015	561
2016	523
2017	392
2018	320
2019	491
2020	375
2021	371
2022	348
2023	480
2024	466
2025	262

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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
1980s	0.28 to 1
1990s	0.89 to 1
2000s	6.27 to 1
2010s	16.23 to 1
2020s	8.83 to 1