Calvinia

Weather station · 31.5°S 19.8°E · 977 m above sea level

ICAO FACVWMO 68618Station data since 1959

Right now20.0°C06:28 UTC · 1 h 10 min agoSource: NOAA METAR

Today so far20.0°/16.0°High at 06:28 UTC · low at 04:55 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high41.9°CSunday, 3 January 1993 · highest in available records since 1959Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−9.0°CWednesday, 21 May 1975 · lowest in available records since 1959Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

33.2°C

in 1984

Record low

−1.2°C

in 2012

Average high

23.2°C

all years on record

Record watch

13.2°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high 20.0°C against 33.2°C in 1984. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

41.9°C

Date: Sunday, 3 January 1993
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Calvinia , South Africa
Position: 31.48°S 19.76°E · 977 m

Highest highest in available records since 1959. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−9.0°C

Date: Wednesday, 21 May 1975
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Calvinia , South Africa
Position: 31.48°S 19.76°E · 977 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1959. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Records by month

Jan

41.9°

0.0°

Feb

41.1°

2.8°

Mar

40.0°

1.6°

Apr

36.4°

−2.8°

May

33.1°

−9.0°

Jun

28.4°

−6.5°

Jul

29.2°

−7.0°

Aug

32.8°

−5.6°

Sep

36.3°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Calvinia , most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	20.0°C	06:28 UTC	16.0°C	04:55 UTC
2026-09-22	24.0°C	15:34 UTC	20.0°C	17:18 UTC

Nearby stations

CalviniaSouth Africa1.8 km
NIEUWOUDTVILLESouth Africa63.3 km
CLANWILLIAMSouth Africa113.1 km
VredendalSouth Africa121.5 km
BRANDVLEISouth Africa131.9 km
LAMBERTS BAY NORTIERSouth Africa148.7 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
All-time, monthly and on-this-day records	NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1959 to 2025	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated