Zimbabwe Weather Records in 2020

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

Key Facts for Zimbabwe in 2020

15 weather records were set or tied in Zimbabwe in 2020.
11 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
14 records set in 2020 still stand in Zimbabwe.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in Zimbabwe each year from 1981 to 2025, stacked by type. 2020 had 15.

Weather records per year in Zimbabwe, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1981	49	66	42	66	55	278
1982	158	63	108	51	36	416
1983	227	29	254	20	45	575
1984	109	69	132	30	73	413
1985	45	83	45	58	66	297
1986	69	64	62	61	60	316
1987	345	40	200	43	44	672
1988	92	85	149	68	65	459
1989	96	105	79	50	61	391
1990	40	29	32	33	31	165
1991	44	9	28	23	6	110
1992	69	8	58	16	7	158
1993	26	8	23	11	23	91
1994	31	17	26	53	21	148
1995	49	15	30	21	15	130
1996	34	30	12	16	31	123
1997	27	26	8	18	29	108
1998	54	11	33	20	19	137
1999	17	19	13	28	9	86
2000	5	18	7	18	42	90
2001	30	15	20	14	32	111
2002	29	7	27	29	19	111
2003	38	21	10	16	18	103
2004	13	16	15	17	17	78
2005	53	3	13	5	13	87
2006	28	5	20	19	7	79
2007	13	10	7	13	7	50
2008	10	3	3	7	3	26
2009	5	9	8	9	4	35
2010	23	5	26	1	11	66
2011	18	13	17	9	21	78
2012	21	5	7	22	12	67
2013	37	13	24	24	17	115
2014	10	7	17	11	14	59
2015	31	7	11	11	7	67
2016	34	8	47	4	4	97
2017	11	12	8	8	12	51
2018	6	5	3	9	9	32
2019	9	1	6	4	0	20
2020	4	1	7	3	0	15
2023	18	1	14	3	4	40
2024	45	9	36	8	2	100
2025	7	4	20	1	10	42

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Zimbabwe: 1980s 2.2 to 1, 1990s 1.6 to 1, 2000s 1.4 to 1, 2010s 2.1 to 1, 2020s 5.1 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 14

Records still standing in Zimbabwe by the year they were set. 14 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in Zimbabwe by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1951	344
1952	406
1953	286
1954	293
1955	308
1956	378
1957	350
1958	298
1959	371
1960	395
1961	358
1962	298
1963	340
1964	281
1965	344
1966	354
1967	417
1968	456
1969	294
1970	372
1971	229
1972	393
1973	392
1974	275
1975	284
1976	362
1977	327
1978	344
1979	435
1980	303
1981	427
1982	389
1983	558
1984	358
1985	261
1986	276
1987	562
1988	395
1989	330
1990	108
1991	63
1992	106
1993	69
1994	103
1995	79
1996	88
1997	74
1998	101
1999	66
2000	64
2001	89
2002	90
2003	81
2004	58
2005	68
2006	66
2007	39
2008	22
2009	32
2010	57
2011	68
2012	60
2013	106
2014	53
2015	64
2016	93
2017	48
2018	33
2019	18
2020	14
2023	39
2024	103
2025	42

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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	2.16 to 1
1990s	1.61 to 1
2000s	1.40 to 1
2010s	2.08 to 1
2020s	5.13 to 1