Atar Arpt
Weather station · 20.5°N 13.0°W · 228 m above sea level
ICAO GQPAWMO 61421Station data since 1944
Record high
43.6°C
Sun 23 Sep 1990
Record low
22.0°C
Mon 23 Sep 1974
Average high
40.1°C
all years on record
11.6°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 32.0°C against 43.6°C in 1990. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
48.9°C
- Date
- Thursday, 5 August 1965
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Atar Arpt, Mauritania
- Position
- 20.51°N 13.04°W · 228 m
Highest highest in available records since 1944. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
5.4°C
- Date
- Sunday, 8 January 1989
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Atar Arpt, Mauritania
- Position
- 20.51°N 13.04°W · 228 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1944. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Atar Arpt is
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20.51°N 13.04°W
Atar Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, 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.
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Today is colder than 70% of all days recorded here since 1944.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1944. - 2
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 101.2°C colder than Atar Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Atar Arpt has ever recorded, 5.4°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1944 to 2023
Annual average · °C
Trend over 5 years with data: -0.10 °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
38.0°
5.4°
Sun 28 Jan 1979
Feb
41.1°
8.0°
Fri 26 Feb 1965
Mar
43.0°
10.0°
Fri 2 Mar 1984
Apr
45.0°
11.8°
Wed 25 Apr 1979
May
47.0°
13.6°
Fri 14 May 1999
Jun
48.0°
20.3°
Wed 15 Jun 2011
Jul
48.4°
20.0°
Sat 30 Jul 2011
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 32.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 32.0°C | 09:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 37.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 37.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 392 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- Nouakchott/Oumtounsy ArptMauritania392 km
- Nouadhibou ArptMauritania418 km
- Villa CisnerosWestern Sahara458.1 km
- Dakhla IntlWestern Sahara463.9 km
- Podor ArptSenegal469.9 km
- PodorSenegal472.7 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), 1944 to 2023 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |