Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Bulawayo Goetz Obsy. stands
Its highest placing today was 821st of 8,267, reached at 06:30 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 810th of 9,066.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Zimbabwe on 9 of those 43 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
☀️ How 28.0°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
Every year on record
NOAA GHCN-Daily1962 to 1968
Annual average · °C
Trend over 5 years with data: -0.20 °C per decade
| Year | Annual average |
|---|---|
| 1962 | no data |
| 1963 | 25.3°C |
| 1964 | 25.8°C |
| 1965 | 25.9°C |
| 1966 | 25.6°C |
| 1967 | 25.3°C |
| 1968 | no data |
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.
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
36.7°
Wed 5 Jan 1966
11.7°
Fri 4 Jan 1963
Feb
33.9°
Thu 1 Feb 1968
10.0°
Wed 6 Feb 1963
Mar
32.8°
Sat 7 Mar 1964
8.9°
Fri 1 Mar 1963
Apr
32.8°
Thu 4 Apr 1968
5.0°
Sun 28 Apr 1963
May
29.4°
Record high
32.8°C
Tue 7 Nov 1967
Record low
14.4°C
Thu 7 Nov 1963
Average high
29.5°C
all years on record
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Today is already hotter than 67% of all days recorded here since 1962.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1962. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 40.6°C.
From our dataRecord high 36.7°C against record low −3.9°C. - 3
At 02:00 it was 23.3°C. By 08:00 it was 28.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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4.8°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 28.0°C against 32.8°C in 1967. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
36.7°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 17 October 1962
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Bulawayo Goetz Obsy., Zimbabwe
- Position
- 20.15°S 28.62°E · 1343 m
The highest in available records since 1962. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1962 to 1968.
All-time record low
−3.9°C
- Date
- Thursday, 13 June 1968
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Bulawayo Goetz Obsy., Zimbabwe
- Position
- 20.15°S 28.62°E · 1343 m
The lowest in available records since 1962. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1962 to 1968.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 28.0°C | 17.8°C | 24.2°C | 7 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 28.7°C | 9.2°C | 19.9°C | 30 | 43 |
| September 2026 | 24.9°C | 13.4°C | 18.6°C | 8 | 10 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 28.7°C, lowest 9.2°C, mean 20.5°C. 45 days recorded from 65 readings.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
28.7°C
Fri 23 Oct 2026 at 08:00 local
Lowest
9.2°C
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at 02:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Bulawayo Goetz Obsy. 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 Goetz Obsy. (WMO 67964) is a SYNOP weather station in Zimbabwe, 1,343 m above sea level, about 4 km from Bulawayo.
We have kept a daily record here for 45 of the 46 days since 23 September 2026, from 65 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.
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 | 28.0°C | +4.7°C | Counted |
| low | 23.3°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 2 readings counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 17.8°C to 28.0°C, a spread of 10.2°C.
Its best placing today was 821st hottest of the 8,267 stations reporting.
Recent highlights
Reached 28.7°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 27.7°C on Thu 22 Oct 2026.
Its low of 9.9°C was the lowest of the 25 stations we hold in Zimbabwe.
Reached 24.4°C, its highest of October, beating 24.3°C on Thu 15 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 1 reading a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 28.0°C | 06:00 UTC | 23.3°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 27.0°C | 06:00 UTC | 21.2°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 26.4°C | 06:00 UTC | 22.6°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 25.8°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationBulawayo/Nkomo Intl33.0°C14.3 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyFrancistown Intl35.0°C163 km away
- Coldest nearbyGweru26.1°C150.7 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 45 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 23 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 25 days now.
- First reading stored17.5°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country9.9°C
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,200 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Bulawayo Goetz Obsy. is
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20.15°S 28.62°E
Bulawayo Goetz Obsy.
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 Maps20.1500°S, 28.6167°E
Bulawayo Goetz Obsy., answered from the data
How hot does it get in Bulawayo Goetz Obsy.?
The warmest month on record here is January, when the highest reading has reached 36.7°C (98.1°F) on Wednesday, 5 January 1966.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Bulawayo Goetz Obsy.?
The coldest month on record here is June, when the lowest reading has fallen to −3.9°C (25.0°F) on Thursday, 13 June 1968.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Bulawayo Goetz Obsy.?
36.7°C (98.1°F) on Wednesday, 17 October 1962. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1962. 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 Goetz Obsy.?
−3.9°C (25.0°F) on Thursday, 13 June 1968. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1962.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Bulawayo Goetz Obsy. right now?
28.0°C (82.4°F), measured at 08:00 local on Saturday 7 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), 1962 to 1968 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.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature