Amundsen-South Pole

Name: Amundsen-South Pole
Address: AQ

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

ICAO NZSPWMO 89009Station data since 1957

Right now−69.0°C11:50 UTC · 5 h agoSource: NOAA METAR

Today so far−69.0°/−69.0°High at 11:50 UTC · low at 11:50 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high−13.9°C1984-12-14 · highest in available records since 1957Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−82.8°C1982-06-23 · lowest in available records since 1957Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 22 September

Record high

−38.9°C

in 1980

Record low

−77.8°C

in 1986

Average high

−54.5°C

all years on record

Record watch

30.1°C short of the record for 22 September

Today’s high −69.0°C against −38.9°C in 1980. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

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Amundsen-South Pole · −69.0°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
2026-09-22	−69.0°C	11:50 UTC	−69.0°C	11:50 UTC

Nearby stations

The nearest other station is 1289.2 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.

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