Diego Garcia Arpt
Weather station · 7.3°S 72.4°E · 3 m above sea level
ICAO FJDGWMO 61967Station data since 1972
Record high
31.7°C
in 1997
Record low
22.2°C
in 1979
Average high
29.1°C
all years on record
1.7°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 30.0°C against 31.7°C in 1997. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
37.2°C
- Date
- Monday, 9 February 1998
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Diego Garcia Arpt, British Indian Ocean Territory
- Position
- 7.31°S 72.41°E · 3 m
Highest highest in available records since 1972. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
16.1°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 30 October 1996
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Diego Garcia Arpt, British Indian Ocean Territory
- Position
- 7.31°S 72.41°E · 3 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1972. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Diego Garcia Arpt is
7.31°S 72.41°E
Every year on record
1972 to 2005
Annual average · °C
Trend over 32 years with data: +0.30 °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
34.4°
20.0°
Feb
37.2°
20.0°
Mar
36.1°
17.8°
Apr
35.0°
21.1°
May
36.1°
17.8°
Jun
35.0°
17.8°
Jul
32.2°
17.2°
Aug
32.2°
20.0°
Sep
33.3°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 30.0°C | 05:55 UTC | 26.7°C | 00:55 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 27.2°C | 14:55 UTC | 26.7°C | 21:55 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 736.7 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- Gan IntlMaldives736.7 km
- GanMaldives737.7 km
- KAADEDHDHOOMaldives865.1 km
- KadhdhooMaldives1024.1 km
- Velana IntlMaldives1278.3 km
- MaleMaldives1279.2 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), 1972 to 2005 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
