- RankHotter than 97% of themOf the 8,970 stations reporting to us right now, only 201 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here82.5°C colderAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica is at −49.5°C at this same moment.Go to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 11.0°C
- Humidity
- 26%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- NE 50°, 15 km/h
- Pressure
- 1016.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Chileka Intl stands
Its highest placing today was 201st of 8,969, reached at 09:15 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 21st of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 12 of those 44 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Malawi on 44 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
☀️ How 33.0°C comparesA typical July afternoon in Bangkok.Bangkok, Thailand, typically reaches 33.0°C in July, averaged over every July day its archive holds. Not a published climate normal: it is the mean of what we hold.Warmer right now than 188 of the 195 capital cities we can read.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time |
|---|
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
36.7°
Thu 11 Jan 2001
14.5°
Sat 7 Jan 2023
Feb
37.4°
Wed 26 Feb 1992
12.8°
Wed 20 Feb 2019
Mar
38.3°
Tue 20 Mar 2012
15.8°
Wed 23 Mar 1994
Apr
33.8°
Wed 26 Apr 1995
9.6°
Sat 28 Apr 2012
May
33.7°
Record high
36.7°C
Wed 7 Nov 2012
Record low
12.9°C
Tue 7 Nov 1995
Average high
31.3°C
all years on record
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Today is already hotter than 90% of all days recorded here since 1973.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1973. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 35.2°C.
From our dataRecord high 39.5°C against record low 4.3°C. - 3
At 07:00 it was 27.0°C. By 11:00 it was 33.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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3.7°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 33.0°C against 36.7°C in 2012. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.5°C
- Date
- Thursday, 24 November 1994
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Chileka Intl, Malawi
- Position
- 15.68°S 34.97°E · 774 m
The highest in available records since 1973. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1973 to 2025.
All-time record low
4.3°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 2 September 2014
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Chileka Intl, Malawi
- Position
- 15.68°S 34.97°E · 774 m
The lowest in available records since 1973. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1973 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 38.0°C, lowest 15.0°C, mean 27.7°C. 46 days recorded from 471 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 34.0°C | 21.0°C | 29.2°C | 7 | 69 |
| October 2026 | 38.0°C | 15.0°C | 27.7°C | 31 | 325 |
| September 2026 | 34.0°C | 16.0°C | 26.5°C | 8 | 77 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
38.0°C
Thu 22 Oct 2026 at 15:00 local
Lowest
15.0°C
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at 08:30 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Chileka Intl since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Chileka Intl (FWCL) is a METAR weather station in Malawi, 774 m above sea level, about 12 km from Blantyre.
We have kept a daily record here since 23 September 2026, every one of the 46 days since, from 471 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 | 33.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 32.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted | |
| 31.0°C | +2.0°C | Counted | |
| 29.0°C | +2.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 21.0°C to 34.0°C, a spread of 13.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 11 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 201st hottest of the 8,969 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 21st hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 12 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
- and the 1 days before it
Reached 37.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 36.0°C on Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 96th of 5,117.
Its high of 33.0°C was the highest of the 18 stations we hold in Malawi.
Its low of 23.0°C was the lowest of the 18 stations we hold in Malawi.
Reached 33.0°C, its highest of October, beating 32.0°C on Wed 14 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 10 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 33.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 27.0°C | 05:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 34.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 24.0°C | 04:30 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 31.0°C | 11:00 UTC | 23.0°C | 04:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 32.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationChileka29.2°C0.9 km away, today's high
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChilekaMalawi | 0.9 km | 29.2°C | 29.2°C | −3.8°C |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 23 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Wed 23 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored29.0°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country19.0°C
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country34.0°C
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations99 of 5,272
- 100 readings stored
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,700 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Chileka Intl is
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15.68°S 34.97°E
Chileka Intl
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 Maps15.6790°S, 34.9740°E
Chileka Intl, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Chileka Intl?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 39.5°C (103.1°F) on Thursday, 22 October 1998.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Chileka Intl?
The coldest month on record here is September, when the lowest reading has fallen to 4.3°C (39.7°F) on Tuesday, 2 September 2014.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Chileka Intl?
39.5°C (103.1°F) on Thursday, 24 November 1994. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1973. 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 Chileka Intl?
4.3°C (39.7°F) on Tuesday, 2 September 2014. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1973.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Chileka Intl right now?
33.0°C (91.4°F), measured at 11:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| 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), 1973 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 46 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.
One reading in the last 7 days was counted and flagged as unusual. The latest, 21.0 °C: fell 11.0 C in 52 min, which real weather manages only in a thunderstorm outflow or a desert sunrise and a failing sensor manages any time; kept, under the 15 C refusal line. A flag is not a refusal: the reading stands, with a note on why it stood out.
- 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.