Ascension Arpt
Weather station · 8.0°S 14.4°W · 79 m above sea level
ICAO FHAWWMO 61902Station data since 1957
Record high
28.9°C
in 1959
Record low
18.9°C
in 1969
Average high
27.0°C
all years on record
4.9°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 24.0°C against 28.9°C in 1959. 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
Highest highest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
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
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Ascension Arpt is
7.97°S 14.39°W
Every year on record
1957 to 2001
Annual average · °C
Trend over 23 years with data: -0.17 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
32.2°
17.2°
Feb
32.8°
20.6°
Mar
34.2°
21.1°
Apr
35.0°
20.6°
May
32.3°
20.0°
Jun
32.2°
18.9°
Jul
32.7°
18.9°
Aug
30.0°
18.9°
Sep
30.6°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 24.0°C | 07:50 UTC | 23.0°C | 00:50 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 25.0°C | 14:50 UTC | 23.0°C | 19:20 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 1344 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- Saint Helena IslandUnited Kingdom1344 km
- Monrovia/Roberts IntlLR1633.2 km
- Grand Bassa, Roberts FieldLiberia1635.3 km
- 1824.2 km
- Freetown/Lungi IntlSierra Leone1838.9 km
- AbidjanCôte d’Ivoire1867.2 km
Data sources for this page
| 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 2001 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
