- Record watch1.9°C from a recordThe November record here is 37.5°C, set on Thursday, 19 November 1987.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 98% of themOf the 9,421 stations reporting to us right now, only 106 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here93.2°C colderDavis Lgb 46 Aws, Antarctica is at −57.6°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 Bulawayo Airport stands
Not in the current ranking: this station has not reported a qualifying reading since 17:45 UTC.
Its highest placing today was 83rd of 8,754, reached at 12:30 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 42 days recorded: 62nd of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 4 of those 42 days.
☀️ How 35.6°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
27 Novembers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
37.0°
Tue 11 Jan 1983
9.4°
Sat 6 Jan 1979
Feb
36.1°
Wed 23 Feb 1983
11.1°
Sun 4 Feb 1979
Mar
35.6°
Sat 3 Mar 1984
10.1°
Sat 28 Mar 1970
Apr
33.9°
Wed 15 Apr 1987
6.7°
Sat 27 Apr 1963
May
32.8°
Record high
36.0°C
Fri 6 Nov 1981
Record low
11.8°C
Sun 6 Nov 1977
Average high
28.6°C
all years on record
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Today is already hotter than 98% of all days recorded here since 1963.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1963. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 36.9°C.
From our dataRecord high 37.5°C against record low 0.6°C. - 3
At 08:00 it was 27.3°C. By 14:00 it was 35.6°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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0.4°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 35.6°C against 36.0°C in 1981. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
37.5°C
- Date
- Thursday, 19 November 1987
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Bulawayo Airport, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 20.02°S 28.62°E · 1326 m
The highest in available records since 1963. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1963 to 1990.
All-time record low
0.6°C
- Date
- Friday, 25 July 1975
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Bulawayo Airport, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 20.02°S 28.62°E · 1326 m
The lowest in available records since 1963. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1963 to 1990.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 35.6°C | 26.2°C | 30.7°C | 6 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 37.2°C | 10.0°C | 25.7°C | 30 | 57 |
| September 2026 | 34.2°C | 13.7°C | 22.8°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 37.2°C, lowest 10.0°C, mean 25.9°C. 45 days recorded from 84 readings.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
37.2°C
Thu 22 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
10.0°C
Thu 1 Oct 2026 at 08:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Bulawayo Airport since September 2026, across 45 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Bulawayo Airport (FVBU) is a SYNOP weather station in Zimbabwe, 1,326 m above sea level, about 15 km from Bulawayo.
We have kept a daily record here for 45 of the 46 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 84 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 | 35.6°C | +8.3°C | Counted |
| low | 27.3°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 2 readings counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 22.7°C to 35.6°C, a spread of 12.9°C.
Its best placing today was 83rd hottest of the 8,754 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 62nd hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 4 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
- and the 2 days before it
Reached 36.7°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 34.6°C on Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 90th of 7,021.
Its low of 14.3°C was the lowest of the 25 stations we hold in Zimbabwe.
Reached 32.7°C, its highest of October, beating 32.5°C on Wed 14 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 35.6°C | 12:00 UTC | 27.3°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 34.7°C | 12:00 UTC | 27.5°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 33.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 26.2°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 34.6°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationBulawayo/Nkomo Intl27.0°C1.2 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyFrancistown Intl39.0°C173.5 km away
- Coldest nearbyBulawayo Goetz Obsy.21.2°C14.8 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 45 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 25 days now.
- First reading stored27.5°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country14.3°C
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations77 of 9,424
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,200 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Bulawayo Airport is
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20.02°S 28.62°E
Bulawayo Airport
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-05, 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 Maps20.0167°S, 28.6167°E
Bulawayo Airport, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Bulawayo Airport?
The warmest month on record here is November, when the highest reading has reached 37.5°C (99.5°F) on Thursday, 19 November 1987.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Bulawayo Airport?
The coldest month on record here is July, when the lowest reading has fallen to 0.6°C (33.1°F) on Friday, 25 July 1975.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Bulawayo Airport?
37.5°C (99.5°F) on Thursday, 19 November 1987. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1963. 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 Bulawayo Airport?
0.6°C (33.1°F) on Friday, 25 July 1975. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1963.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Bulawayo Airport right now?
35.6°C (96.1°F), measured at 14:00 local on Friday 6 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), 1963 to 1990 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 45 days, which hold the record shown above | 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