Gweru Weather Records (ZI000067867)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Gweru (ZI000067867), Zimbabwe, with 39 years of record.

Key Facts for Gweru

Gweru (ZI000067867) is a weather station in Zimbabwe at -19.45 latitude and 29.85 longitude, 1,429 m (4,688 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1951 to 1989, 39 years of record.
1,464 records set at Gweru still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Gweru set a daily record high maximum temperature of 26.0 C (78.8 F) on 30 June 1989.

About the Station

Location: Zimbabwe, -19.45 latitude, 29.85 longitude.
Elevation: 1,429 m (4,688 ft).
Period of record: 1951 to 1989, 39 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 Gweru. 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 Gweru, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	34.8 C (94.6 F)	7.6 C (45.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	32.3 C (90.1 F)	5.6 C (42.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	32.8 C (91.0 F)	5.6 C (42.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	32.3 C (90.1 F)	2.2 C (36.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	31.5 C (88.7 F)	0.1 C (32.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	27.4 C (81.3 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	31.8 C (89.2 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.4 C (32.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.5 C (34.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	35.7 C (96.3 F)	5.2 C (41.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	33.8 C (92.8 F)	6.2 C (43.2 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Gweru still stand. 1987 holds the most, with 80.

Standing records at Gweru by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1951	16
1952	46
1953	30
1954	40
1955	33
1956	43
1957	29
1958	12
1959	35
1960	34
1961	43
1962	38
1963	29
1964	28
1965	42
1966	37
1967	54
1968	46
1969	25
1970	45
1971	18
1972	47
1973	35
1974	28
1975	38
1976	33
1977	37
1978	45
1979	47
1980	22
1981	49
1982	61
1983	74
1984	41
1985	25
1986	26
1987	80
1988	33
1989	20

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Gweru between 14 August 1983 and 14 August 1983. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 113.6 mm (4.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Gweru. The most was 113.6 mm (4.5 in) on 11 December 1978.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Gweru
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	7 January 1952
Feb	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	5 February 1955
Mar	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 March 1953
Apr	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	6 April 1961
May	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	3 May 1983
Jun	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 June 1961
Jul	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	3 July 1983
Aug	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 August 1956
Sep	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 September 1976
Oct	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 October 1968
Nov	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	26 November 1981
Dec	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	11 December 1978

Period of Record Coverage

1951 to 1989

39 years of record at Gweru, 1951 to 1989. 5 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1951, 1958, 1959, 1971, 1989.

Days with data per year at Gweru
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1951	184	50%	No
1952	366	100%	Yes
1953	364	100%	Yes
1954	365	100%	Yes
1955	364	100%	Yes
1956	366	100%	Yes
1957	365	100%	Yes
1958	184	50%	No
1959	290	79%	No
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	363	99%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	335	92%	Yes
1965	362	99%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	364	100%	Yes
1968	364	99%	Yes
1969	365	100%	Yes
1970	364	100%	Yes
1971	204	56%	No
1972	366	100%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	364	100%	Yes
1975	365	100%	Yes
1976	366	100%	Yes
1977	364	100%	Yes
1978	365	100%	Yes
1979	365	100%	Yes
1980	366	100%	Yes
1981	363	99%	Yes
1982	364	100%	Yes
1983	364	100%	Yes
1984	365	100%	Yes
1985	365	100%	Yes
1986	365	100%	Yes
1987	365	100%	Yes
1988	366	100%	Yes
1989	181	50%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Gweru
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	27 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	8 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
27 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	monthly high max (Tie)	27.2 C (81.0 F)	tie	2 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	7 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
24 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	7 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily low max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	23 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily low max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	14 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high min (Tie)	9.6 C (49.3 F)	tie	28 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high min	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	31 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	36 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	28 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	8 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily low min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	19 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	28 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily low min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	9 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1989	Gweru, ZW	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

33 complete years, 1952 to 1988

One stripe for each of 33 complete years at Gweru, 1952 to 1988. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 17.9 C (64.1 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1965, at 17.2 C (62.9 F), and the warmest was 1987, at 19.0 C (66.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.2 C (2.2 F).

Annual mean temperature at Gweru as warming stripes, 1952 to 1988
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1952	17.9 C	+0.05 C
1953	17.3 C	-0.58 C
1954	17.6 C	-0.22 C
1955	17.6 C	-0.30 C
1956	17.3 C	-0.52 C
1957	18.3 C	+0.42 C
1960	17.7 C	-0.15 C
1961	17.6 C	-0.22 C
1962	18.0 C	+0.12 C
1963	17.5 C	-0.39 C
1965	17.2 C	-0.71 C
1966	17.6 C	-0.28 C
1967	17.4 C	-0.43 C
1968	17.9 C	+0.08 C
1969	17.7 C	-0.18 C
1970	18.2 C	+0.37 C
1972	17.6 C	-0.29 C
1973	18.3 C	+0.48 C
1974	17.3 C	-0.53 C
1975	17.6 C	-0.31 C
1976	17.4 C	-0.46 C
1977	18.2 C	+0.32 C
1978	17.7 C	-0.14 C
1979	18.1 C	+0.23 C
1980	17.8 C	-0.06 C
1981	17.7 C	-0.16 C
1982	18.2 C	+0.36 C
1983	19.0 C	+1.14 C
1984	18.4 C	+0.54 C
1985	17.9 C	+0.02 C
1986	18.0 C	+0.09 C
1987	19.0 C	+1.16 C
1988	18.4 C	+0.52 C

The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade over 1952 to 1988. In Fahrenheit: 0.4 F (0.2 to 0.6) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 33 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.

Fitted temperature trends per decade at Gweru
Measure	Per decade (C)	Per decade (F)	Period	Complete years	Reading
Annual mean temperature	0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade	0.4 F (0.2 to 0.6) per decade	1952 to 1988	33	Rise
Mean daily maximum	0.3 C (0.1 to 0.5) per decade	0.6 F (0.2 to 0.9) per decade	1952 to 1988	33	Rise
Mean daily minimum	0.11 C (-0.01 to 0.24) per decade	0.20 F (-0.03 to 0.42) per decade	1952 to 1988	33	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

1951 to 1989

Yearly extremes at Gweru: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1962	33.8 C (92.8 F)	39
Coldest night (TNn)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1983	0.2 C (32.4 F)	39
Wettest day (Rx1day)	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	1978	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	39
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	1957	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	39
Longest dry spell (CDD)	201 days	1962	103 days	39

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Gweru, 1951 to 1989. The record is 36.1 C (97.0 F) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.8 C (92.8 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Gweru by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1951	33.6 C (92.5 F)
1952	33.6 C (92.5 F)
1953	33.6 C (92.5 F)
1954	34.9 C (94.8 F)
1955	35.4 C (95.7 F)
1956	32.3 C (90.1 F)
1957	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1958	29.2 C (84.6 F)
1959	34.0 C (93.2 F)
1960	34.5 C (94.1 F)
1961	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1962	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1963	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1964	32.9 C (91.2 F)
1965	33.4 C (92.1 F)
1966	34.6 C (94.3 F)
1967	33.6 C (92.5 F)
1968	34.9 C (94.8 F)
1969	34.3 C (93.7 F)
1970	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1971	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1972	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1973	32.6 C (90.7 F)
1974	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1975	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1976	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1977	34.2 C (93.6 F)
1978	34.5 C (94.1 F)
1979	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1980	33.6 C (92.5 F)
1981	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1982	33.8 C (92.8 F)
1983	34.8 C (94.6 F)
1984	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1985	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1986	32.4 C (90.3 F)
1987	35.7 C (96.3 F)
1988	34.1 C (93.4 F)
1989	31.3 C (88.3 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Gweru, 1951 to 1989. The record is 0.0 C (32.0 F) in 1983, marked on the chart; the median year is 0.2 C (32.4 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Gweru by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1951	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1952	0.8 C (33.4 F)
1953	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1954	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1955	0.4 C (32.7 F)
1956	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1957	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1958	0.3 C (32.5 F)
1959	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1960	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1961	0.4 C (32.7 F)
1962	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1963	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1964	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1965	0.3 C (32.5 F)
1966	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1967	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1968	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1969	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1970	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1971	0.3 C (32.5 F)
1972	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1973	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1974	0.4 C (32.7 F)
1975	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1976	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1977	0.3 C (32.5 F)
1978	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1979	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1980	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1981	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1982	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1983	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1984	0.7 C (33.3 F)
1985	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1986	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1987	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1988	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1989	1.3 C (34.3 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Gweru, 1951 to 1989. The record is 113.6 mm (4.5 in) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is 59.6 mm (2.3 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Gweru by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1951	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1952	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1953	85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1954	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1955	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1956	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1957	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1958	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1959	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1960	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1961	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1962	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1963	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1964	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1965	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1966	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1967	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1968	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1969	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1970	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1971	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1972	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1973	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1974	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1975	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
1976	59.6 mm (2.3 in)
1977	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
1978	113.6 mm (4.5 in)
1979	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1980	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1981	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1982	60.8 mm (2.4 in)
1983	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1984	44.3 mm (1.7 in)
1985	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1986	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
1987	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1988	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1989	58.1 mm (2.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Gweru, 1951 to 1989. The record is 211.1 mm (8.3 in) in 1957, marked on the chart; the median year is 115.8 mm (4.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Gweru by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1951	134.7 mm (5.3 in)
1952	131.3 mm (5.2 in)
1953	120.9 mm (4.8 in)
1954	107.9 mm (4.2 in)
1955	135.6 mm (5.3 in)
1956	89.6 mm (3.5 in)
1957	211.1 mm (8.3 in)
1958	100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1959	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1960	78.6 mm (3.1 in)
1961	115.8 mm (4.6 in)
1962	137.4 mm (5.4 in)
1963	87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1964	125.7 mm (4.9 in)
1965	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
1966	170.0 mm (6.7 in)
1967	106.9 mm (4.2 in)
1968	124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1969	129.3 mm (5.1 in)
1970	88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1971	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1972	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1973	186.1 mm (7.3 in)
1974	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1975	128.1 mm (5.0 in)
1976	166.6 mm (6.6 in)
1977	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1978	134.3 mm (5.3 in)
1979	118.3 mm (4.7 in)
1980	160.9 mm (6.3 in)
1981	149.1 mm (5.9 in)
1982	108.1 mm (4.3 in)
1983	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1984	82.7 mm (3.3 in)
1985	141.5 mm (5.6 in)
1986	118.8 mm (4.7 in)
1987	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1988	69.5 mm (2.7 in)
1989	110.9 mm (4.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Gweru, 1951 to 1989. The record is 201 days in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 103 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Gweru by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1951	62 days
1952	75 days
1953	157 days
1954	103 days
1955	73 days
1956	80 days
1957	130 days
1958	54 days
1959	136 days
1960	157 days
1961	64 days
1962	201 days
1963	107 days
1964	71 days
1965	98 days
1966	81 days
1967	80 days
1968	155 days
1969	140 days
1970	105 days
1971	78 days
1972	118 days
1973	113 days
1974	60 days
1975	140 days
1976	127 days
1977	108 days
1978	93 days
1979	104 days
1980	116 days
1981	103 days
1982	63 days
1983	60 days
1984	62 days
1985	114 days
1986	182 days
1987	198 days
1988	102 days
1989	39 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

33 years, 1952 to 1988

A day with at least 61.8 mm (2.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 115.9 mm (4.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Gweru: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	61.8 mm (2.4 in)
5 years	80.1 mm (3.2 in)
10 years	90.5 mm (3.6 in)
25 years	101.9 mm (4.0 in)
50 years	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	Longer than the 33 years of record
100 years	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	Longer than the 33 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, 33 years of values from 1952 to 1988.

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: 113.6 mm (4.5 in) in 1978; 93.0 mm (3.7 in) in 1952; 86.9 mm (3.4 in) in 1969.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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).