Save Weather Records (BN000005335)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Save (BN000005335), Benin, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for Save

Save (BN000005335) is a weather station in Benin at 7.98 latitude and 2.43 longitude, 198 m (650 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1945 to 1980, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at Save still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Save set a daily record low minimum temperature of 16.3 C (61.3 F) on 23 December 1980.

About the Station

Location: Benin, 7.98 latitude, 2.43 longitude.
Elevation: 198 m (650 ft).
Period of record: 1945 to 1980, 36 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Save. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Save, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	40.2 C (104.4 F)	14.0 C (57.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	41.2 C (106.2 F)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	41.0 C (105.8 F)	18.6 C (65.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	39.5 C (103.1 F)	17.7 C (63.9 F)	n/a	n/a
May	37.4 C (99.3 F)	19.0 C (66.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	35.5 C (95.9 F)	18.1 C (64.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	33.2 C (91.8 F)	16.9 C (62.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	33.4 C (92.1 F)	17.3 C (63.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	35.3 C (95.5 F)	18.6 C (65.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	35.8 C (96.4 F)	18.6 C (65.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	37.0 C (98.6 F)	15.7 C (60.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	37.2 C (99.0 F)	14.7 C (58.5 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Save still stand. 1945 holds the most, with 107.

Standing records at Save by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1945	107
1946	43
1947	48
1948	28
1949	37
1950	27
1951	41
1952	34
1953	28
1954	36
1955	27
1956	49
1957	42
1958	60
1959	23
1960	26
1961	30
1962	33
1963	41
1964	22
1965	23
1967	38
1968	38
1969	57
1970	37
1971	46
1972	54
1973	81
1974	45
1975	42
1976	64
1977	56
1978	27
1979	39
1980	35

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Save between 5 July 1979 and 5 July 1979. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 184.2 mm (7.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Save. The most was 184.2 mm (7.3 in) on 5 July 1979.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Save
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	30 January 1974
Feb	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	10 February 1975
Mar	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 March 1961
Apr	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	2 April 1961
May	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	21 May 1957
Jun	150.8 mm (5.9 in)	21 June 1967
Jul	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	5 July 1979
Aug	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	28 August 1963
Sep	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	1 September 1969
Oct	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	7 October 1945
Nov	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	4 November 1952
Dec	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 December 1947

Period of Record Coverage

1945 to 1980

35 years of record at Save, 1945 to 1980. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1948.

Days with data per year at Save
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1945	364	100%	Yes
1946	365	100%	Yes
1947	365	100%	Yes
1948	320	87%	No
1949	361	99%	Yes
1950	365	100%	Yes
1951	365	100%	Yes
1952	357	98%	Yes
1953	365	100%	Yes
1954	364	100%	Yes
1955	364	100%	Yes
1956	365	100%	Yes
1957	362	99%	Yes
1958	360	99%	Yes
1959	365	100%	Yes
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	365	100%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	365	100%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	366	100%	Yes
1969	365	100%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	365	100%	Yes
1972	366	100%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	365	100%	Yes
1975	365	100%	Yes
1976	366	100%	Yes
1977	365	100%	Yes
1978	365	100%	Yes
1979	365	100%	Yes
1980	366	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at Save
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low max	29.9 C (85.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low max	29.7 C (85.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	29 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low max	29.8 C (85.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily high min (Tie)	23.8 C (74.8 F)	tie	2 years	0 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	32 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1980	Save, BJ	daily low max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	22 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1980	Save, BJ	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1980	Save, BJ	daily high min (Tie)	23.9 C (75.0 F)	tie	35 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily low max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	18 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily high min (Tie)	23.0 C (73.4 F)	tie	35 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1980	Save, BJ	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	12 years	6 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

34 complete years, 1945 to 1980

One stripe for each of 34 complete years at Save, 1945 to 1980. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 27.2 C (80.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1967, at 26.7 C (80.0 F), and the warmest was 1973, at 27.9 C (82.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 0.8 C (1.4 F).

Annual mean temperature at Save as warming stripes, 1945 to 1980
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1945	27.7 C	+0.58 C
1946	27.1 C	-0.05 C
1947	27.4 C	+0.27 C
1949	27.4 C	+0.23 C
1950	27.1 C	-0.02 C
1951	27.3 C	+0.18 C
1952	27.2 C	+0.02 C
1953	27.1 C	-0.11 C
1954	26.7 C	-0.44 C
1955	26.7 C	-0.42 C
1956	26.7 C	-0.44 C
1957	26.9 C	-0.25 C
1958	26.9 C	-0.26 C
1959	27.0 C	-0.12 C
1960	27.0 C	-0.13 C
1961	27.0 C	-0.15 C
1962	26.8 C	-0.35 C
1963	27.3 C	+0.13 C
1964	26.9 C	-0.30 C
1965	27.0 C	-0.14 C
1967	26.7 C	-0.49 C
1968	27.1 C	-0.11 C
1969	27.5 C	+0.38 C
1970	27.5 C	+0.33 C
1971	27.2 C	+0.05 C
1972	27.7 C	+0.49 C
1973	27.9 C	+0.73 C
1974	27.1 C	-0.03 C
1975	26.9 C	-0.22 C
1976	26.9 C	-0.29 C
1977	27.5 C	+0.35 C
1978	27.2 C	+0.04 C
1979	27.6 C	+0.41 C
1980	27.3 C	+0.16 C

The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1945 to 1980 is 0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.1 F (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 34 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.

Fitted temperature trends per decade at Save
Measure	Per decade (C)	Per decade (F)	Period	Complete years	Reading
Annual mean temperature	0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade	0.1 F (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade	1945 to 1980	34	Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum	0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade	0.3 F (0.1 to 0.6) per decade	1945 to 1980	34	Rise
Mean daily minimum	-0.09 C (-0.20 to 0.02) per decade	-0.17 F (-0.37 to 0.03) per decade	1945 to 1980	34	Not clearly different from zero

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1945 to 1980

Yearly extremes at Save: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	41.2 C (106.2 F)	1973	38.7 C (101.7 F)	35
Coldest night (TNn)	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1957	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35
Wettest day (Rx1day)	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	1979	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	1963	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35
Longest dry spell (CDD)	84 days	1977	54 days	35

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Save, 1945 to 1980. The record is 41.2 C (106.2 F) in 1973, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.7 C (101.7 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Save by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1945	39.2 C (102.6 F)
1946	38.0 C (100.4 F)
1947	40.2 C (104.4 F)
1948	38.0 C (100.4 F)
1949	39.5 C (103.1 F)
1950	38.8 C (101.8 F)
1951	38.1 C (100.6 F)
1952	38.0 C (100.4 F)
1953	38.0 C (100.4 F)
1954	37.7 C (99.9 F)
1955	38.1 C (100.6 F)
1956	39.0 C (102.2 F)
1957	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1958	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1959	38.2 C (100.8 F)
1960	38.2 C (100.8 F)
1961	38.7 C (101.7 F)
1962	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1963	37.3 C (99.1 F)
1964	39.1 C (102.4 F)
1965	38.2 C (100.8 F)
1967	39.3 C (102.7 F)
1968	38.5 C (101.3 F)
1969	39.8 C (103.6 F)
1970	39.0 C (102.2 F)
1971	39.3 C (102.7 F)
1972	38.4 C (101.1 F)
1973	41.2 C (106.2 F)
1974	38.5 C (101.3 F)
1975	38.6 C (101.5 F)
1976	38.7 C (101.7 F)
1977	40.2 C (104.4 F)
1978	39.3 C (102.7 F)
1979	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1980	38.5 C (101.3 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Save, 1945 to 1980. The record is 14.0 C (57.2 F) in 1957, marked on the chart; the median year is 16.6 C (61.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Save by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1945	16.6 C (61.9 F)
1946	15.5 C (59.9 F)
1947	17.2 C (63.0 F)
1948	16.8 C (62.2 F)
1949	14.7 C (58.5 F)
1950	18.2 C (64.8 F)
1951	15.5 C (59.9 F)
1952	17.5 C (63.5 F)
1953	17.0 C (62.6 F)
1954	17.3 C (63.1 F)
1955	15.0 C (59.0 F)
1956	16.0 C (60.8 F)
1957	14.0 C (57.2 F)
1958	16.9 C (62.4 F)
1959	16.9 C (62.4 F)
1960	16.2 C (61.2 F)
1961	14.9 C (58.8 F)
1962	16.6 C (61.9 F)
1963	17.9 C (64.2 F)
1964	17.6 C (63.7 F)
1965	17.1 C (62.8 F)
1967	15.2 C (59.4 F)
1968	16.8 C (62.2 F)
1969	18.6 C (65.5 F)
1970	15.7 C (60.3 F)
1971	16.1 C (61.0 F)
1972	17.9 C (64.2 F)
1973	16.3 C (61.3 F)
1974	16.8 C (62.2 F)
1975	15.5 C (59.9 F)
1976	15.8 C (60.4 F)
1977	15.5 C (59.9 F)
1978	17.5 C (63.5 F)
1979	16.0 C (60.8 F)
1980	16.0 C (60.8 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Save, 1945 to 1980. The record is 184.2 mm (7.3 in) in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 79.0 mm (3.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Save by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1945	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1946	46.3 mm (1.8 in)
1947	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1948	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1949	62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1950	82.7 mm (3.3 in)
1951	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1952	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1953	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1954	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1955	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1956	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1957	109.6 mm (4.3 in)
1958	52.7 mm (2.1 in)
1959	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1960	123.4 mm (4.9 in)
1961	99.4 mm (3.9 in)
1962	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1963	142.8 mm (5.6 in)
1964	45.1 mm (1.8 in)
1965	78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1967	150.8 mm (5.9 in)
1968	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1969	98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1970	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1971	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1972	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1973	48.9 mm (1.9 in)
1974	82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1975	61.1 mm (2.4 in)
1976	92.3 mm (3.6 in)
1977	85.4 mm (3.4 in)
1978	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1979	184.2 mm (7.3 in)
1980	92.0 mm (3.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Save, 1945 to 1980. The record is 233.7 mm (9.2 in) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 121.9 mm (4.8 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Save by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1945	125.4 mm (4.9 in)
1946	69.7 mm (2.7 in)
1947	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1948	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1949	155.6 mm (6.1 in)
1950	111.4 mm (4.4 in)
1951	140.7 mm (5.5 in)
1952	99.7 mm (3.9 in)
1953	174.8 mm (6.9 in)
1954	119.7 mm (4.7 in)
1955	139.1 mm (5.5 in)
1956	117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1957	143.4 mm (5.6 in)
1958	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1959	123.9 mm (4.9 in)
1960	135.4 mm (5.3 in)
1961	197.3 mm (7.8 in)
1962	176.8 mm (7.0 in)
1963	233.7 mm (9.2 in)
1964	72.8 mm (2.9 in)
1965	116.0 mm (4.6 in)
1967	172.9 mm (6.8 in)
1968	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1969	105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1970	99.8 mm (3.9 in)
1971	119.3 mm (4.7 in)
1972	95.6 mm (3.8 in)
1973	121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1974	223.0 mm (8.8 in)
1975	124.3 mm (4.9 in)
1976	176.9 mm (7.0 in)
1977	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1978	100.8 mm (4.0 in)
1979	184.6 mm (7.3 in)
1980	172.9 mm (6.8 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Save, 1945 to 1980. The record is 84 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 54 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Save by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1945	46 days
1946	42 days
1947	32 days
1948	46 days
1949	53 days
1950	59 days
1951	56 days
1952	36 days
1953	54 days
1954	46 days
1955	64 days
1956	46 days
1957	61 days
1958	40 days
1959	46 days
1960	53 days
1961	55 days
1962	60 days
1963	60 days
1964	50 days
1965	65 days
1967	52 days
1968	61 days
1969	58 days
1970	65 days
1971	47 days
1972	65 days
1973	62 days
1974	69 days
1975	44 days
1976	42 days
1977	84 days
1978	63 days
1979	65 days
1980	47 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

35 years, 1945 to 1980

A day with at least 78.5 mm (3.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 198.1 mm (7.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Save: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
5 years	105.5 mm (4.2 in)
10 years	125.3 mm (4.9 in)
25 years	152.5 mm (6.0 in)
50 years	174.6 mm (6.9 in)	Longer than the 35 years of record
100 years	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	Longer than the 35 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 35 years of values from 1945 to 1980.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 184.2 mm (7.3 in) in 1979; 150.8 mm (5.9 in) in 1967; 142.8 mm (5.6 in) in 1963.

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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)) 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).