Amundsen-South Pole

Weather station · 90.0°S 180.0°E · 2830 m above sea level

ICAO NZSPWMO 89009Station data since 1957

Right now−63.0°C05:50 UTC · 1 h 18 min agoSource: NOAA METAR

Today so far−63.0°/−63.0°High at 05:50 UTC · low at 05:50 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high−13.9°CFriday, 14 December 1984 · highest in available records since 1957Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−82.8°CWednesday, 23 June 1982 · lowest in available records since 1957Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

−34.4°C

in 1992

Record low

−78.3°C

in 1986

Average high

−54.5°C

all years on record

Record watch

28.6°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high −63.0°C against −34.4°C in 1992. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

−13.9°C

Date: Friday, 14 December 1984
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Amundsen-South Pole, Antarctica
Position: 89.98°S 180.00°E · 2830 m

Highest highest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−82.8°C

Date: Wednesday, 23 June 1982
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Amundsen-South Pole, Antarctica
Position: 89.98°S 180.00°E · 2830 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Amundsen-South Pole · −63.0°C

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Records by month

Jan

−14.4°

−41.1°

Feb

−20.6°

−58.9°

Mar

−26.7°

−71.1°

Apr

−27.8°

−75.0°

May

−30.6°

−78.3°

Jun

−31.1°

−82.8°

Jul

−31.9°

−80.6°

Aug

−32.5°

−79.3°

Sep

−29.4°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Amundsen-South Pole, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	−63.0°C	05:50 UTC	−63.0°C	05:50 UTC
2026-09-22	−67.0°C	17:50 UTC	−69.0°C	11:50 UTC

Nearby stations

Amundsen-Scott South Pole StationAntarctica2.2 km
VostokAntarctica1289.2 km
McMurdo/Phoenix FldAQ1342.9 km
McMurdo/Williams FldAntarctica1354.7 km
McMurdoAntarctica1354.7 km
Base Belgrano IiAntarctica1356.9 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), 1957 to 2025	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated