Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
11 Novembers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
35.4°
Sun 18 Jan 2009
20.3°
Fri 1 Jan 1982
Feb
35.3°
Sun 12 Feb 2012
20.9°
Sat 25 Feb 1984
Mar
35.9°
Fri 11 Mar 1988
20.2°
Sat 2 Mar 1985
Apr
35.3°
Tue 26 Apr 1988
21.3°
Tue 8 Apr 1986
May
34.7°
Record high
33.1°C
Fri 7 Nov 1997
Record low
20.0°C
Sun 7 Nov 1982
Average high
31.1°C
all years on record
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Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 18.4°C.
From our dataRecord high 37.6°C against record low 19.2°C. - 2
At 14:30 it was 29.8°C. By 02:30 it was 24.8°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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3.3°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 29.8°C against 33.1°C in 1997. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
37.6°C
- Date
- Monday, 3 December 1990
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Atuona, French Polynesia
- Position
- 9.80°S 139.03°W · 51 m
The highest in available records since 1976. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1976 to 2026.
All-time record low
19.2°C
- Date
- Sunday, 23 October 1988
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Atuona, French Polynesia
- Position
- 9.80°S 139.03°W · 51 m
The lowest in available records since 1976. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1976 to 2026.
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,100 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Atuona is
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9.80°S 139.03°W
Atuona
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 Maps9.8000°S, 139.0333°W
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 29.8°C | 24.8°C | - | 2 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 33.1°C | 23.2°C | 28.1°C | 7 | 15 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationHao28.2°C937.7 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyHao/Tuamoto 28.0°C938.5 km away
- Coldest nearbyRikitea22.1°C1537.8 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.5°CAntarctica
The nearest other station is 833.4 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
Atuona (WMO 91925) is a SYNOP weather station in French Polynesia, 51 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 9 of the 23 days since 16 October 2026, from 19 observations.
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.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 2 days here, running from 24.8°C to 29.8°C, a spread of 5.0°C.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 29th hottest of the 9,168 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 3 days.
Recent highlights
- and the 2 days before it
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 29th of 8,794, on each of 3 days running.
- and the 2 days before it
Its high of 33.1°C was the highest of the 10 stations we hold in French Polynesia, on each of 3 days running.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
33.1°C
Sun 25 Oct 2026 at 08:30 local
Lowest
23.2°C
Fri 16 Oct 2026 at 02:30 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Atuona since October 2026, across 9 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 33.1°C, lowest 23.2°C, mean 27.9°C. 9 days recorded from 19 readings.
Recent days
Readings on 9 of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | 29.8°C | 00:00 UTC | 24.8°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 27.2°C | 18:00 UTC | 27.2°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-27 | 31.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 25.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-26 | 32.0°C | 00:00 UTC |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 9 of the 23 days since we started storing this station on 16 October 2026.
Tracking history
Its last day with a reading was Wed 4 Nov 2026. Its longest unbroken run is 4 days.
- First reading stored25.1°C on our first day here
- First high recorded here31.9°C
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country31.9°C
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations64 of 9,081
Atuona, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Atuona?
The warmest month on record here is December, when the highest reading has reached 37.6°C (99.7°F) on Monday, 3 December 1990.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Atuona?
The coldest month on record here is October, when the lowest reading has fallen to 19.2°C (66.6°F) on Sunday, 23 October 1988.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Atuona?
37.6°C (99.7°F) on Monday, 3 December 1990. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1976. 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 Atuona?
19.2°C (66.6°F) on Sunday, 23 October 1988. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1976.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Atuona right now?
24.8°C (76.6°F), measured at 02:30 local on Wednesday 4 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins. SYNOP is the surface synoptic report that national weather services file to the WMO, typically at the main hours of 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC and often three hourly between them. It covers places with no airport, which is why the coldest readings on Earth arrive this way.
| 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), 1976 to 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 9 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