- Record watch4.2°C from a recordThe November record here is 43.4°C, set on Wednesday, 24 November 1976.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 99% of themOf the 9,358 stations reporting to us right now, only 14 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here96.5°C colderDavis Lgb 46 Aws, Antarctica is at −57.3°C at this same moment.Go to Davis Lgb 46 Aws →
Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Buffalo Range stands
Its highest placing today was 3rd of 8,587, reached at 12:30 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 42 days recorded: 2nd of 9,701.
- Reached the world's hottest 10 on 5 of those 42 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Zimbabwe on 2 of those 42 days.
Ranking as of 16:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
20 Novembers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
41.6°
Thu 12 Jan 1984
12.4°
Mon 6 Jan 1975
Feb
41.1°
Sat 12 Feb 1983
13.7°
Thu 5 Feb 1970
Mar
40.3°
Sat 14 Mar 1987
10.4°
Tue 31 Mar 1970
Apr
39.0°
Mon 18 Apr 1983
8.6°
Tue 28 Apr 1970
May
38.5°
Record high
39.1°C
Fri 7 Nov 1980
Record low
13.0°C
Mon 7 Nov 1977
Average high
32.8°C
all years on record
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Right now the air here is 2.2°C hotter than the inside of your body. Your body is not thrilled.
From our dataLatest reading 39.2°C against a body temperature of 37.0°C. - 2
Today is already hotter than 97% of all days recorded here since 1968.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1968. - 3
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 42.8°C.
From our dataRecord high 43.4°C against record low 0.6°C. - 4
At 08:00 it was 28.8°C. By 14:00 it was 39.2°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Today's high beats the record for 7 November
Today’s high 39.2°C against 39.1°C in 1980. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
43.4°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 24 November 1976
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Buffalo Range, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 21.02°S 31.58°E · 429 m
The highest in available records since 1968. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1968 to 1990.
All-time record low
0.6°C
- Date
- Saturday, 26 July 1975
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Buffalo Range, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 21.02°S 31.58°E · 429 m
The lowest in available records since 1968. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1968 to 1990.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 39.4°C | 24.7°C | 31.7°C | 7 | 13 |
| October 2026 | 41.8°C | 15.9°C | 27.7°C | 29 | 53 |
| September 2026 | 37.1°C | 15.5°C | 24.6°C | 8 of 9 | 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. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 41.8°C, lowest 15.5°C, mean 27.8°C. 45 days recorded from 81 readings.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
41.8°C
Thu 22 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
15.5°C
Wed 30 Sep 2026 at 08:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Buffalo Range since September 2026, across 45 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Buffalo Range (FVCZ) is a SYNOP weather station in Zimbabwe, 429 m above sea level, about 9 km from Chiredzi.
We have kept a daily record here for 45 of the 47 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 81 observations across the 44 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
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.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 39.2°C | +10.4°C | Counted |
| low | 28.8°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 2 readings counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 24.7°C to 39.4°C, a spread of 14.7°C.
Its best placing today was 3rd hottest of the 8,587 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 2nd hottest of the 9,701 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 14 days.
- It has passed 30°C on 6 of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 39.6°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 37.1°C on Sun 27 Sep 2026.
Entered the ten hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 5th of 9,266.
- and the 1 days before it
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 53rd of 6,816, on each of 2 days running.
Reached 36.5°C, its highest of October, beating 35.9°C on Thu 15 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 39.2°C | 12:00 UTC | 28.8°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 39.4°C | 12:00 UTC | 29.6°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 37.3°C | 12:00 UTC | 28.3°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 27.0°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationChiredzi/Buffalo Range Arpt39.0°C1.1 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyMasvingo Arpt36.0°C130.5 km away
- Coldest nearbyChipinge27.0°C140.6 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.3°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 45 of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 25 days now.
- First reading stored30.4°C on our first day here
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations75 of 8,987
- First time in the ten hottest reporting stations4 of 9,641
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,300 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Buffalo Range is
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21.02°S 31.58°E
Buffalo Range
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 Maps21.0167°S, 31.5833°E
Buffalo Range, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Buffalo Range?
The warmest month on record here is November, when the highest reading has reached 43.4°C (110.1°F) on Wednesday, 24 November 1976.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Buffalo Range?
The coldest month on record here is July, when the lowest reading has fallen to 0.6°C (33.1°F) on Saturday, 26 July 1975.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Buffalo Range?
43.4°C (110.1°F) on Wednesday, 24 November 1976. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1968. 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 Buffalo Range?
0.6°C (33.1°F) on Saturday, 26 July 1975. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1968.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Buffalo Range right now?
39.2°C (102.6°F), measured at 14:00 local on Saturday 7 November. That is the 15th hottest of the 9,358 stations reporting to us.
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), 1968 to 1990 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 45 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.
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Inside the range of measured temperature