This is a list of extreme weather records in Pakistan, a list of highest temperatures ever recorded,lowest temperatures ever recorded, heaviest rainfalls recorded in 24 hours.The highest tempreture ever recorded in pakistan is 53.5°C which was recorded in Mohenjo-daro, Sindh on 26th of May, 2010 it was not only the hottest temperature ever recorded in pakisatn but the hottest reliably measured temperature ever recorded in the continent of Asia.[1][2] The highest rainfall of 620 mm was recorded in Islamabad during 24 hours on 24th July, 2001. The record breaking rainfall was recorded in 10 hours. It was the heaviest rainfall in Islamabad in the past 100 years.[3][4]


Highest temperature ever recorded edit

List of cities where 50°C or above tempreture was recorded edit

The standard measuring conditions for temperature are 1.2 meters above the ground, and not in the direct sunlight (hence the term, x degrees "in the shade")

Date Tempreture °C City Province Notes
26-5-2010 53.5°C Mohenjo-daro Sindh It was the hottest reliably measured temperature ever recorded in the continent of Asia.[5] 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 4 days, 24th to 27th May 2010.Previous highest tempreture record broken.[6]
26-5-2010 53 °C Sibi Balouchistan 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 5 days, 22th to 26th May 2010.Previous highest tempreture record broken.[7]
26-5-2010 53 °C Jacobabad Sindh 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 4 days, 24th to 27th May 2010.Previous highest tempreture record broken.[8]
26-5-2010 53 °C Padidan Sindh 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 3 days, 24th to 26th May 2010.Previous highest tempreture record broken.[9]
26-5-2010 53 °C Larkana Sindh 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 4 days, 24th to 27th May 2010.Previous highest tempreture record broken.[10]
26-5-2010 52 °C Nawabshah Sindh 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 5 days, 22th to 26th May 2010.Previous highest tempreture record broken.[11]
30-5-2009 52 °C Turbat Balouchistan 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 5 days, 26th to 29th May 2009.[12]
1-7-1990 51.4°C Dalbandin Balouchistan
9-6-2007 51°C Mianwali Punjab 50 °C or above was recorded for 2 days, 9th and 10th June 2007.[13]
1-6-1996 51°C Rohri Sindh [14]
28-5-2010 51°C Dadu Sindh 50 °C was recorded for 2 days,26th and 27th May 2010 .[15]
26-5-2010 51°C Noorpurthal Punjab [16]
25-5-2010 51°C Sukkar Sindh 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 3 days, 25th to 27th May 2010.[17]
10-6-2007 51°C Sargodha Punjab 50 °C was recorded for 2 days, 9th and 10th June 2007. [18]
26-5-2010 50°C Rahim yar Khan Punjab 50 °C or above was recorded for consecutive 3 days, 25th to 27th May 2010.[19]
15-5-2009 50°C Lasbella Balochistan 50 °C was recorded for 2 days, 15th and 16th May 2009.[20]
27-5-2010 50°C Multan Punjab Last fifty four years record broken in Multan, before this; 49°C was recorded in 1956.[21]
26-5-2010 50°C Bahawalnagar Punjab [22]
18-6-1995 50°C Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [23]
5-6-1978 50°C Dera Ismail Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [24]
10-6-2007 50°C Bannu Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 50 °C or above was recorded for 2 days, 9, 10 june 2007.[25]

Note edit

Record breaking extreme heat observed in the plain areas of south Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan between 22nd to 27th May, 2010. Previous extreme heat wave conditions were observed in 1998 and 2002.


List of cities where 45°C or above but below 50°C tempreture was recorded edit

Date Tempreture °C City Province Notes
20-6-2010 49°C Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab [26]
7-6-1991 48.5°C Hyderabad Sindh [27]
26-5-2010 48.5°C Bhakkar Punjab [28]
30-5-1944 48.3°C Lahore Punjab [29]
10-6-2007 48°C Attock Punjab
26-5-2010 48°C Faisalabad Punjab [30]
8-6-1979 48°C Jiwani Balouchistan [31]
26-5-2010 48°C Jhelum Punjab [32]
25-5-2010 48°C Bhawalpur Punjab [33]
9-6-2007 48°C Mandi Bahauddin Punjab [34]
26-5-2010 48°C Kohat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [35]
25-5-2010 48°C Bhawalpur Punjab [36]
26-5-2010 48°C Nok Kundi Balouchistan [37]
11-6-2007 48°C Thatta Sindh
26-5-2010 50°C Rahim yar Khan Punjab
9-6-1938 47.8°C Karachi Sindh [38]
24-6-1990 47.3°C Drosh Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [39]
22-6-2007 47°C Chorr Sindh
25-5-2010 47°C Okara Punjab [40]
25-5-2010 47°C Sahiwal Punjab [41]
24-5-2010 47°C Khanpur Punjab [42]
10-6-2007 47°C Sialkot Punjab
24-5-2010 47°C Tobatak sing Punjab [43]
23-6-2005 46.6°C Islamabad Islamabad [44]
17-7-1997 46.3°C Gilgit Gilgit Baltistan [45]
26-5-2010 46°C Gujranwala Punjab [46]
10-6-2007 46°C Rawalpindi Punjab
9-6-2007 45°C Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir

Heaviest rainfalls recorded during 24 hours edit

Date Rainfall (mm) Rainfall (in) City Province Notes
24-7-2001 620 24.4 Islamabad Islamabad 620 mm rainfall was recorded in 10 hours, on 24th July 2001 in Islamabad, It was the heaviest rainfall in Islamabad in the past 100 years[47][48]
29-7-2010 280 11.0 Risalpur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [49]
29-7-2010 274 10.7 Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [50]
5-9-1961 264.2 10.4 Fasilabad Punjab [51]
30-7-2010 257 10.1 Islamabad Islamabad [52]
29-7-2010 257 10.1 Cherat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [53]
2-7-1972 256.5 10.1 Nawabshah Sindh [54]
10-9-1992 255 10.0 Murree Punjab [55]
12-9-1962 250.7 9.8 Hyderabad Sindh [56]
30-7-2010 240 9.4 Kamra Punjab [57]
27-8-1997 233.8 9.2 Murree Punjab [58]
29-7-2010 233 9.1 Kohat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [59]
30-7-2010 231 9.1 Murree Punjab [60]
6-6-2010 227 8.9 Gawadar Balouchistan [61]
1-8-2010 221 8.7 Lahore Punjab [62]
31-7-1980 211 8.3 Lahore Punjab [63]
10-9-1992 208 8.2 Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir [64]
1-7-1977 207.6 8.1 Karachi Sindh [65]
19-7-2009 207 8.1 Karachi Sindh [66]
29-7-2007 205 8.0 Sargodha Punjab
4-8-2010 200.5 7.9 [[Dera Ismail Khan] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [67]
24-7-2001 200 7.8 Islamabad Islamabad [68]
27-8-1997 200 7.8 Islamabad Islamabad [69]
13-8-2008 200 7.8 Lahore Punjab [70]


Heavy rainfalls recorded during wet spell of July 2010 edit

Heavy rainfalls of more than 200 mm recorded during the wet spell of July 27th to July 30th, 2010 in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Punjab according to Pakistan Meteorological department.[71]

City Rainfall (mm) Rainfall (in) Province Notes
Risalpur 415 16.3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [72]
Islamabad 394 15.5 Islamabad Capital Territory [73]
Murree 373 14.6 Punjab [74]
Cherat 372 14.6 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [75]
Garhi Dopatta 346 13.6 Azad Kashmir [76]
Saidu Sharif 338 13.3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [77]
Peshawar 333 13.1 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [78]
Kamra 308 12.1 Punjab [79]
Rawalakot 297 11.7 Azad Kashmir [80]
Muzaffarabad 292 11.5 Azad Kashmir [81]
Lahore 288 11.3 Punjab [82]
Mianwali 271 10.6 Punjab [83]
Lower Dir 263 10.3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [84]
Kohat 262 10.3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [85]
Balakot 256 10.0 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [86]
Sialkot 255 10.0 Punjab [87]
Pattan 242 9.5 Azad Kashmir [88]
DIR 231 9.10 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [89]
Gujranwala 222 8.7 Punjab [90]
Dera Ismail Khan 220 8.6 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [91]
Rawalpindi 219 8.6 Punjab [92]

Note edit

Record breaking Monsoon rains observed during July, 2010 in North-Eastern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Azad Kashmir.

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