- Record watch4.6°C from a recordThe November record here is 30.6°C, set on Friday, 2 November 1962.The whole record book →
- The opposite of here75.5°C colderAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica is at −49.5°C at this same moment.Go to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 20.0°C
- Humidity
- 70%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- SSE 150°, 24 km/h
- Pressure
- 1015.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Ascension Arpt stands
Its highest placing today was 761st of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 292nd of 8,915.
- Was the hottest reporting station in St. Helena on 44 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
☀️ How 26.0°C comparesA typical August afternoon in Alofi.Alofi, Niue, typically reaches 26.0°C in August, averaged over every August day its archive holds. Not a published climate normal: it is the mean of what we hold.Warmer right now than 113 of the 187 capital cities we can read.It is warmer here than in Pago Pago (25.9°C), San Juan (25.6°C) and Tripoli (25.0°C) at this moment. Those are the warmest capitals still cooler than here, so every other one on the list is further behind.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
32.2°
Fri 26 Jan 1973
17.2°
Wed 21 Jan 1959
Feb
32.8°
Wed 26 Feb 1969
20.6°
Wed 3 Feb 1965
Mar
34.2°
Mon 5 Mar 1973
21.1°
Sun 1 Mar 1970
Apr
35.0°
Sat 17 Apr 1971
20.6°
Thu 16 Apr 1970
May
32.3°
Record high
29.5°C
Tue 7 Nov 1972
Record low
20.0°C
Tue 7 Nov 1967
Average high
27.5°C
all years on record
- 1
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 17.8°C.
From our dataRecord high 35.0°C against record low 17.2°C. - 2
At 04:50 it was 23.0°C. By 09:20 it was 26.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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3.5°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 26.0°C against 29.5°C in 1972. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
35.0°C
- Date
- Saturday, 17 April 1971
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Ascension Arpt, St. Helena
- Position
- 7.97°S 14.39°W · 79 m
The highest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2001.
All-time record low
17.2°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 21 January 1959
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Ascension Arpt, St. Helena
- Position
- 7.97°S 14.39°W · 79 m
The lowest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2001.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 29.0°C, lowest 21.0°C, mean 24.5°C. 47 days recorded from 1,795 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 29.0°C | 23.0°C | 25.0°C | 7 | 247 |
| October 2026 | 29.0°C | 21.0°C | 24.5°C | 31 | 1,230 |
| September 2026 | 29.0°C | 22.0°C | 24.4°C | 8 of 9 | 318 |
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.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
29.0°C
Sun 1 Nov 2026 at 13:20 local
Lowest
21.0°C
Tue 13 Oct 2026 at 05:20 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Ascension 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.
Ascension Arpt (FHAW) is a METAR weather station in St. Helena, 79 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,795 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 26.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 25.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted | |
| 24.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 24.0°C | +1.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 23.0°C to 29.0°C, a spread of 6.0°C.
It reports about every 30 minutes, and sent 36 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 761st hottest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 292nd hottest of the 8,915 stations reporting worldwide.
Recent highlights
Fell to 21.0°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 22.0°C on Sun 4 Oct 2026.
Reached 29.0°C, its highest of October, beating 28.0°C on Mon 26 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 42 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 26.0°C | 09:20 UTC | 23.0°C | 04:50 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 28.0°C | 14:50 UTC | 24.0°C | 21:50 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 28.0°C | 14:50 UTC | 24.0°C | 03:50 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 28.0°C | 14:50 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationMonrovia/Roberts Intl29.0°C1633.2 km away, today's high
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
The nearest other station is 1295.2 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St HelenaSaint Helena | 1295.2 km |
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 stored25.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 1,000 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 900 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Ascension Arpt is
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7.97°S 14.39°W
Ascension 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 Maps7.9700°S, 14.3940°W
Ascension Arpt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Ascension Arpt?
The warmest month on record here is April, when the highest reading has reached 35.0°C (95.0°F) on Saturday, 17 April 1971.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Ascension Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to 17.2°C (63.0°F) on Wednesday, 21 January 1959.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Ascension Arpt?
35.0°C (95.0°F) on Saturday, 17 April 1971. 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 Ascension Arpt?
17.2°C (63.0°F) on Wednesday, 21 January 1959. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1957.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Ascension Arpt right now?
26.0°C (78.8°F), measured at 09:20 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 2001 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