Bloemfontein Intl
Weather station · 29.1°S 26.3°E · 1348 m above sea level
ICAO FABLWMO 68442Station data since 1957
Record high
32.0°C
in 1984
Record low
0.2°C
in 1993
Average high
26.7°C
all years on record
11.0°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 21.0°C against 32.0°C in 1984. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
42.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 6 January 2016
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Bloemfontein Intl, South Africa
- Position
- 29.09°S 26.30°E · 1348 m
Highest highest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−11.7°C
- Date
- Friday, 26 June 1992
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Bloemfontein Intl, South Africa
- Position
- 29.09°S 26.30°E · 1348 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Bloemfontein Intl is
29.09°S 26.30°E
Bloemfontein Intl
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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Bloemfontein Intl has dropped below freezing on 2977 nights since 1957. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1957. - 2
Today is colder than 79% of all days recorded here since 1957.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1957. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 90.2°C colder than Bloemfontein Intl. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Bloemfontein Intl has ever recorded, −11.7°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
1957 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 42 years with data: +0.32 °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
42.0°
5.5°
Feb
38.9°
4.4°
Mar
37.1°
0.8°
Apr
33.3°
−4.2°
May
29.8°
−7.5°
Jun
25.8°
−11.7°
Jul
26.5°
−11.2°
Aug
30.2°
−10.3°
Sep
35.0°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 21.0°C | 08:00 UTC | 14.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 25.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 18:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- BLOEMFONTEIN CITYSouth Africa11.6 km
- GLEN COLLEGE AWSSouth Africa16.9 km
- WEPENERSouth Africa105.4 km
- Maseru-MiaLesotho127.6 km
- Maseru/Moshoeshoe IntlLS128.2 km
- Kimberley ArptSouth Africa153.2 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 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |