Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 16.0°C
- Humidity
- 73%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- SSW 200°, 7 km/h
- Pressure
- 1013.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Arica/Chacalluta Arpt stands
Its highest placing today was 893rd of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 808th of 8,954.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Chile on 44 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
30.7°
Sun 30 Jan 1983
10.0°
Sat 12 Jan 1974
Feb
31.2°
Mon 7 Feb 1983
9.0°
Sun 23 Feb 1975
Mar
33.0°
Fri 10 Mar 1978
10.0°
Fri 14 Mar 1975
Apr
33.0°
Mon 9 Apr 1973
4.0°
Sat 26 Apr 1975
May
29.9°
Record high
25.2°C
Sun 7 Nov 1982
Record low
12.8°C
Sun 7 Nov 2010
Average high
21.9°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 50% of all days recorded here since 1957.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1957. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 29.0°C.
From our dataRecord high 33.0°C against record low 4.0°C. - 3
At 21:00 it was 22.0°C. By 03:00 it was 21.0°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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3.2°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 22.0°C against 25.2°C in 1982. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
33.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 9 April 1973
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Arica/Chacalluta Arpt, Chile
- Position
- 18.35°S 70.34°W · 57 m
The highest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2025.
All-time record low
4.0°C
- Date
- Saturday, 26 April 1975
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Arica/Chacalluta Arpt, Chile
- Position
- 18.35°S 70.34°W · 57 m
The lowest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2025.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
25.0°C
Mon 2 Nov 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
15.0°C
Fri 25 Sep 2026 at 07:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Arica/Chacalluta Arpt since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 25.0°C | 21.0°C | 22.4°C | 7 | 151 |
| October 2026 | 25.0°C | 17.0°C | 21.6°C | 31 | 714 |
| September 2026 | 23.0°C | 15.0°C | 20.5°C | 8 of 9 | 185 |
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.
Arica/Chacalluta Arpt (SCAR) is a METAR weather station in Chile, 57 m above sea level, about 14 km from Arica.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,050 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21.0°C | −1.0°C | Counted | |
| 22.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 22.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted | |
| low | 21.0°C | 0.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 21.0°C to 25.0°C, a spread of 4.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 23 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 893rd hottest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
Recent highlights
Reached 25.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 24.0°C on Thu 15 Oct 2026.
Its high of 25.0°C was the highest of the 31 stations we hold in Chile.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 25.0°C, lowest 15.0°C, mean 21.5°C. 47 days recorded from 1,050 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 | 22.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 21.0°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 25.0°C | 14:00 UTC | 21.0°C | 10:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 24.0°C | 17:00 UTC | 21.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 24.0°C | 18:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationTacna19.4°C31.7 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyTacna Arpt19.0°C34 km away
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 stored22.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country23.0°C
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,000 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Arica/Chacalluta Arpt is
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18.35°S 70.34°W
Arica/Chacalluta Arpt
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 Maps18.3510°S, 70.3360°W
Arica/Chacalluta Arpt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Arica/Chacalluta Arpt?
The warmest month on record here is March, when the highest reading has reached 33.0°C (91.4°F) on Friday, 10 March 1978.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Arica/Chacalluta Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is April, when the lowest reading has fallen to 4.0°C (39.2°F) on Saturday, 26 April 1975.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Arica/Chacalluta Arpt?
33.0°C (91.4°F) on Monday, 9 April 1973. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1957. 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 Arica/Chacalluta Arpt?
4.0°C (39.2°F) on Saturday, 26 April 1975. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1957.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Arica/Chacalluta Arpt right now?
21.0°C (69.8°F), measured at 06:00 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), 1957 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