Base Orcadas

Weather station · 60.8°S 44.7°W · 6 m above sea level

WMO 88968

Right now−2.1°C00:00 UTC · 1 h 4 min agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far−2.1°/−2.1°High at 00:00 UTC · low at 00:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high—No history linked for this station yetSource: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low—No history linked for this station yetSource: NOAA GHCN-Daily

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Base Orcadas · −2.1°C

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Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Base Orcadas, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	−2.1°C	00:00 UTC	−2.1°C	00:00 UTC

Nearby stations

The nearest other station is 687.2 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.

Base Bernardo O'HigginsAntarctica687.2 km
Base EsperanzaAntarctica704.4 km
Gustavo Marambio ArptAQ725.2 km
Base Marambio Centro Met. AntarticoAntarctica728.6 km
Base JubanyAntarctica757.9 km
King SejongAntarctica763.8 km

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
Figure	Source	Type
Right now, today so far	NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP)	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated