Jiggiga Weather Records (ET000063473)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Jiggiga (ET000063473), Ethiopia, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for Jiggiga

Jiggiga (ET000063473) is a weather station in Ethiopia at 9.33 latitude and 42.72 longitude, 1,644 m (5,394 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1952 to 1987, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at Jiggiga still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Jiggiga set a daily record precipitation of 4.0 mm (0.16 in) on 29 December 1987.

About the Station

Location: Ethiopia, 9.33 latitude, 42.72 longitude.
Elevation: 1,644 m (5,394 ft).
Period of record: 1952 to 1987, 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 Jiggiga. 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 Jiggiga, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	31.2 C (88.2 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.5 C (32.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	33.2 C (91.8 F)	0.4 C (32.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	33.4 C (92.1 F)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	33.5 C (92.3 F)	4.0 C (39.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	32.5 C (90.5 F)	8.0 C (46.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	32.0 C (89.6 F)	8.0 C (46.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	31.2 C (88.2 F)	8.5 C (47.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	31.5 C (88.7 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	32.5 C (90.5 F)	1.0 C (33.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	30.5 C (86.9 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	31.5 C (88.7 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Jiggiga still stand. 1974 holds the most, with 87.

Standing records at Jiggiga by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1952	51
1953	43
1954	42
1955	31
1956	71
1957	59
1958	55
1959	30
1960	44
1961	33
1962	42
1963	39
1964	38
1965	40
1966	82
1967	46
1968	53
1969	47
1970	34
1971	33
1972	35
1973	59
1974	87
1975	18
1976	32
1977	16
1978	18
1979	37
1980	37
1981	46
1982	47
1983	71
1984	29
1985	19

Wettest Day of Each Month

Oct: 133.0 mm (5.2 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Jiggiga. The most was 133.0 mm (5.2 in) on 17 October 1966.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Jiggiga
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 January 1969
Feb	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 February 1968
Mar	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	3 March 1976
Apr	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	8 April 1968
May	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	19 May 1976
Jun	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	19 June 1975
Jul	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	6 July 1976
Aug	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	17 August 1964
Sep	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	2 September 1975
Oct	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	17 October 1966
Nov	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	13 November 1967
Dec	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 December 1964

Period of Record Coverage

1952 to 1985

34 years of record at Jiggiga, 1952 to 1985. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1952, 1954, 1962, 1965, 1977, 1978.

Days with data per year at Jiggiga
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1952	241	66%	No
1953	365	100%	Yes
1954	300	82%	No
1955	352	96%	Yes
1956	366	100%	Yes
1957	335	92%	Yes
1958	364	100%	Yes
1959	361	99%	Yes
1960	331	90%	Yes
1961	335	92%	Yes
1962	303	83%	No
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	310	85%	No
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	363	99%	Yes
1968	366	100%	Yes
1969	363	99%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	365	100%	Yes
1972	366	100%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	364	100%	Yes
1975	365	100%	Yes
1976	366	100%	Yes
1977	181	50%	No
1978	283	78%	No
1979	364	100%	Yes
1980	365	100%	Yes
1981	365	100%	Yes
1982	365	100%	Yes
1983	365	100%	Yes
1984	366	100%	Yes
1985	364	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at Jiggiga
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	18 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	12 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	16 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1987	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain (Tie)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	tie	8 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	12 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
25 June 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	0 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
22 June 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	3 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1986	Jiggiga, ET	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

23 complete years, 1953 to 1985

One stripe for each of 23 complete years at Jiggiga, 1953 to 1985. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 19.2 C (66.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1974, at 17.8 C (64.0 F), and the warmest was 1980, at 20.1 C (68.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.5 C (2.7 F).

Annual mean temperature at Jiggiga as warming stripes, 1953 to 1985
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1953	19.3 C	+0.18 C
1955	19.0 C	-0.11 C
1956	19.4 C	+0.23 C
1958	19.6 C	+0.41 C
1959	19.4 C	+0.28 C
1963	19.6 C	+0.43 C
1964	18.6 C	-0.54 C
1966	18.8 C	-0.33 C
1967	18.7 C	-0.42 C
1968	18.8 C	-0.33 C
1969	18.9 C	-0.22 C
1970	19.1 C	-0.07 C
1971	18.4 C	-0.77 C
1972	19.6 C	+0.40 C
1973	19.1 C	-0.04 C
1974	17.8 C	-1.40 C
1976	19.4 C	+0.21 C
1979	19.9 C	+0.76 C
1980	20.1 C	+0.92 C
1981	19.3 C	+0.12 C
1982	19.6 C	+0.43 C
1984	19.1 C	-0.04 C
1985	19.2 C	+0.01 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

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

1952 to 1987

Yearly extremes at Jiggiga: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	33.5 C (92.3 F)	1958	32.2 C (89.9 F)	34
Coldest night (TNn)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1954	0.5 C (32.9 F)	34
Wettest day (Rx1day)	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	1966	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	1966	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36
Longest dry spell (CDD)	124 days	1966	62 days	36

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Jiggiga, 1952 to 1987. The record is 33.5 C (92.3 F) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.2 C (89.9 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Jiggiga by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1952	32.3 C (90.1 F)
1953	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1954	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1955	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1956	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1957	31.5 C (88.7 F)
1958	33.5 C (92.3 F)
1959	33.2 C (91.8 F)
1960	31.2 C (88.2 F)
1961	32.0 C (89.6 F)
1962	32.0 C (89.6 F)
1963	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1964	32.4 C (90.3 F)
1965	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1966	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1967	30.4 C (86.7 F)
1968	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1969	32.0 C (89.6 F)
1970	32.0 C (89.6 F)
1971	30.5 C (86.9 F)
1972	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1973	33.5 C (92.3 F)
1974	31.2 C (88.2 F)
1975	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1976	31.4 C (88.5 F)
1977	31.8 C (89.2 F)
1978	32.4 C (90.3 F)
1979	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1980	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1981	31.6 C (88.9 F)
1982	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1983	31.5 C (88.7 F)
1984	32.4 C (90.3 F)
1985	30.5 C (86.9 F)
1986	n/a
1987	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Jiggiga, 1952 to 1987. The record is 0.0 C (32.0 F) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 0.5 C (32.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Jiggiga by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1952	1.0 C (33.8 F)
1953	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1954	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1955	0.4 C (32.7 F)
1956	0.8 C (33.4 F)
1957	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1958	2.0 C (35.6 F)
1959	1.0 C (33.8 F)
1960	1.2 C (34.2 F)
1961	2.0 C (35.6 F)
1962	1.0 C (33.8 F)
1963	2.3 C (36.1 F)
1964	1.2 C (34.2 F)
1965	0.4 C (32.7 F)
1966	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1967	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1968	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1969	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1970	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1971	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1972	0.4 C (32.7 F)
1973	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1974	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1975	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1976	1.5 C (34.7 F)
1977	2.0 C (35.6 F)
1978	2.1 C (35.8 F)
1979	1.5 C (34.7 F)
1980	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1981	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1982	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1983	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1984	0.9 C (33.6 F)
1985	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1986	n/a
1987	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Jiggiga, 1952 to 1987. The record is 133.0 mm (5.2 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.5 mm (1.9 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Jiggiga by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1952	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1953	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1954	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1955	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1956	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1957	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1958	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1959	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1960	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1961	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1962	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1963	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1964	104.0 mm (4.1 in)
1965	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1966	133.0 mm (5.2 in)
1967	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1968	73.8 mm (2.9 in)
1969	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1970	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1971	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1972	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1973	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1974	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1975	123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1976	111.2 mm (4.4 in)
1977	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1978	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1979	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
1980	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
1981	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1982	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
1983	36.2 mm (1.4 in)
1984	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1985	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1986	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1987	55.0 mm (2.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Jiggiga, 1952 to 1987. The record is 221.0 mm (8.7 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 80.5 mm (3.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Jiggiga by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1952	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1953	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1954	69.2 mm (2.7 in)
1955	65.9 mm (2.6 in)
1956	60.6 mm (2.4 in)
1957	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1958	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1959	57.3 mm (2.3 in)
1960	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1961	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1962	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1963	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1964	172.1 mm (6.8 in)
1965	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1966	221.0 mm (8.7 in)
1967	135.0 mm (5.3 in)
1968	103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1969	92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1970	111.6 mm (4.4 in)
1971	136.9 mm (5.4 in)
1972	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1973	103.5 mm (4.1 in)
1974	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1975	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1976	138.2 mm (5.4 in)
1977	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1978	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1979	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1980	62.6 mm (2.5 in)
1981	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1982	65.7 mm (2.6 in)
1983	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1984	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1985	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1986	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1987	108.2 mm (4.3 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Jiggiga, 1952 to 1987. The record is 124 days in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 62 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Jiggiga by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1952	92 days
1953	96 days
1954	65 days
1955	60 days
1956	59 days
1957	56 days
1958	38 days
1959	32 days
1960	49 days
1961	73 days
1962	81 days
1963	90 days
1964	73 days
1965	54 days
1966	124 days
1967	75 days
1968	36 days
1969	41 days
1970	72 days
1971	73 days
1972	76 days
1973	84 days
1974	63 days
1975	60 days
1976	50 days
1977	54 days
1978	76 days
1979	71 days
1980	40 days
1981	59 days
1982	45 days
1983	73 days
1984	76 days
1985	49 days
1986	46 days
1987	61 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

32 years, 1953 to 1987

A day with at least 50.3 mm (2.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 165.6 mm (6.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Jiggiga: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
5 years	73.3 mm (2.9 in)
10 years	91.3 mm (3.6 in)
25 years	117.6 mm (4.6 in)
50 years	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	Longer than the 32 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, 32 years of values from 1953 to 1987.

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: 133.0 mm (5.2 in) in 1966; 123.0 mm (4.8 in) in 1975; 111.2 mm (4.4 in) in 1976.

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).