CAPE ST FRANCIS
Weather station · 34.2°S 24.8°E · 9 m above sea level
WMO 68939Station data since 1959
Record high
24.5°C
in 1969
Record low
7.4°C
in 1973
Average high
17.9°C
all years on record
6.0°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 18.5°C against 24.5°C in 1969. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
32.1°C
- Date
- Thursday, 26 December 1996
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- CAPE ST FRANCIS, South Africa
- Position
- 34.21°S 24.83°E · 9 m
Highest highest in available records since 1959. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
0.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 25 July 2001
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- CAPE ST FRANCIS, South Africa
- Position
- 34.21°S 24.83°E · 9 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1959. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
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CAPE ST FRANCIS · 18.5°C
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Records by month
Jan
31.2°
10.4°
Feb
31.4°
9.7°
Mar
31.0°
10.2°
Apr
30.7°
4.8°
May
32.0°
5.4°
Jun
31.1°
3.6°
Jul
30.7°
0.0°
Aug
30.0°
4.5°
Sep
26.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 18.5°C | 06:00 UTC | 18.5°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- PATENSIESouth Africa49.5 km
- UITENHAGESouth Africa71 km
- Port Elizabeth, Port E AptSouth Africa75 km
- Port Elizabeth ArptZA76.4 km
- NGQURA (COEGA)South Africa89.3 km
- JOUBERTINASouth Africa99.7 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), 1959 to 2005 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |