Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt
Weather station · 21.2°S 159.8°W · 7 m above sea level
ICAO NCRGWMO 91843Station data since 1979
Record high
29.1°C
in 2016
Record low
14.9°C
in 1994
Average high
26.3°C
all years on record
5.1°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 24.0°C against 29.1°C in 2016. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
36.0°C
- Date
- Friday, 4 May 1979
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt, Cook Islands
- Position
- 21.20°S 159.81°W · 7 m
Highest highest in available records since 1979. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
10.5°C
- Date
- Monday, 3 September 2012
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt, Cook Islands
- Position
- 21.20°S 159.81°W · 7 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1979. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt is
21.20°S 159.81°W
Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, 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 Maps- 1
Today is colder than 95% of all days recorded here since 1979.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1979. - 2
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 93.2°C colder than Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Cook Isl/Rarotonga Arpt has ever recorded, 10.5°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1979 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 9 years with data: +0.34 °C per decade
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.
Records by month
Jan
32.9°
18.0°
Feb
36.0°
18.2°
Mar
34.2°
17.0°
Apr
33.2°
14.8°
May
36.0°
14.8°
Jun
32.0°
12.4°
Jul
31.1°
12.8°
Aug
31.8°
11.2°
Sep
31.5°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 24.0°C | 00:30 UTC | 18.0°C | 08:30 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 24.0°C | 23:00 UTC | 19.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- RARATONGA AEROCook Islands0.7 km
- RarotongaCook Islands1.2 km
- Mangaia AwsCook Islands207.8 km
- Cook Isl/Mangaia ArptCook Islands211.1 km
- Cook Isl/Atui EnuaCook Islands222.8 km
- Aitutaki AwsCook Islands262.4 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), 1979 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |