Aliwal North

Weather station · 30.7°S 26.7°E · 1348 m above sea level

ICAO FAANWMO 68546Station data since 1979

Right now14.7°C06:00 UTC · 1 h 8 min agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far14.7°/14.7°High at 06:00 UTC · low at 06:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high41.9°CTuesday, 5 January 2016 · highest in available records since 1979Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−10.3°CWednesday, 9 July 2014 · lowest in available records since 1979Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

30.1°C

in 2015

Record low

−2.2°C

in 2008

Average high

26.4°C

all years on record

Record watch

15.4°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high 14.7°C against 30.1°C in 2015. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

41.9°C

Date: Tuesday, 5 January 2016
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Aliwal North, South Africa
Position: 30.72°S 26.72°E · 1348 m

Highest highest in available records since 1979. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−10.3°C

Date: Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Aliwal North, South Africa
Position: 30.72°S 26.72°E · 1348 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1979. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Aliwal North · 14.7°C

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Records by month

Jan

41.9°

4.4°

Feb

39.5°

2.3°

Mar

37.3°

3.5°

Apr

33.9°

−3.3°

May

28.6°

−8.2°

Jun

25.0°

−9.5°

Jul

24.7°

−10.3°

Aug

29.7°

−9.0°

Sep

34.5°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Aliwal North, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	14.7°C	06:00 UTC	14.7°C	06:00 UTC

Nearby stations

JAMESTOWNSouth Africa45.7 km
BARKLY EAST (CAERLEON)South Africa88.5 km
WEPENERSouth Africa89.7 km
GARIEP DAMSouth Africa115.2 km
ELLIOTSouth Africa127.4 km
QUEENSTOWNSouth Africa134.1 km

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
Figure	Source	Type
Right now, today so far	NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP)	Measured, station
All-time, monthly and on-this-day records	NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1979 to 2025	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated