Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 2.0°C
- Humidity
- 32%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- W 270°, 24 km/h
- Pressure
- 1026.8 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Arequipa/Ballon Intl stands
Its highest placing today was 1,475th of 5,237, reached at 12:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 1,043rd of 9,009.
Ranking as of 15:45 UTC.
☀️ How 19.0°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
29.5°
Tue 23 Jan 2001
0.9°
Tue 26 Jan 1982
Feb
28.9°
Thu 15 Feb 2018
0.0°
Thu 3 Feb 1966
Mar
26.6°
Mon 15 Mar 1993
0.0°
Tue 22 Mar 1966
Apr
26.4°
Sun 19 Apr 1998
−2.0°
Wed 27 Apr 1977
May
32.0°
Record high
25.9°C
Fri 7 Nov 1997
Record low
2.8°C
Tue 7 Nov 1967
Average high
23.1°C
all years on record
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Arequipa/Ballon Intl has dropped below freezing on 6 nights since 1948. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1948. - 2
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 76.3°C colder than Arequipa/Ballon Intl. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Arequipa/Ballon Intl has ever recorded, −3.7°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −57.3°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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5.9°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 20.0°C against 25.9°C in 1997. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
32.0°C
- Date
- Friday, 18 May 1973
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Arequipa/Ballon Intl, Peru
- Position
- 16.34°S 71.58°W · 2527 m
The highest in available records since 1948. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1948 to 2025.
All-time record low
−3.7°C
- Date
- Thursday, 15 July 2010
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Arequipa/Ballon Intl, Peru
- Position
- 16.34°S 71.58°W · 2527 m
The lowest in available records since 1948. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1948 to 2025.
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,800 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Arequipa/Ballon Intl is
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16.34°S 71.58°W
Arequipa/Ballon Intl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps16.3410°S, 71.5830°W
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
24.0°C
Sat 17 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
8.0°C
Sat 10 Oct 2026 at 05:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Arequipa/Ballon Intl since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Arequipa/Ballon Intl (SPQU) is a METAR weather station in Peru, 2,527 m above sea level, about 2 km from Cono Norte.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,083 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.0°C | −1.0°C | Counted | |
| high | 20.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 19.0°C | +2.0°C | Counted | |
| 17.0°C | +2.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 10.0°C to 23.0°C, a spread of 13.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 24 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 1,475th hottest of the 5,237 stations reporting.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 23.0°C | 10.0°C | 16.4°C | 7 | 160 |
| October 2026 | 24.0°C | 8.0°C | 16.2°C | 31 | 733 |
| September 2026 | 23.0°C | 9.0°C | 16.1°C | 8 of 9 | 190 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 24.0°C, lowest 8.0°C, mean 16.2°C. 47 days recorded from 1,083 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 24 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 20.0°C | 14:00 UTC | 14.0°C | 05:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 21.0°C | 17:00 UTC | 13.0°C | 09:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 22.0°C | 16:00 UTC | 13.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 23.0°C | 16:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationArequipa17.2°C4.4 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyIlo Arpt24.0°C151.7 km away
- Coldest nearbyJuliaca Arpt9.0°C180.7 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.3°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored21.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- 1,000 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
Arequipa/Ballon Intl, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Arequipa/Ballon Intl?
The warmest month on record here is May, when the highest reading has reached 32.0°C (89.6°F) on Friday, 18 May 1973.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Arequipa/Ballon Intl?
The coldest month on record here is July, when the lowest reading has fallen to −3.7°C (25.3°F) on Thursday, 15 July 2010.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Arequipa/Ballon Intl?
32.0°C (89.6°F) on Friday, 18 May 1973. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1948. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Arequipa/Ballon Intl?
−3.7°C (25.3°F) on Thursday, 15 July 2010. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1948.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Arequipa/Ballon Intl right now?
19.0°C (66.2°F), measured at 10:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, 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), 1948 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 days | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
- 03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature