Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Dodoma stands
Not in the current ranking: this station has not reported a qualifying reading since 05:45 UTC.
Its highest placing today was 1,784th of 7,204, reached at 00:15 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 42 days recorded: 176th of 9,593.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Tanzania on 1 of those 42 days.
☀️ How 21.5°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
Every year on record
NOAA GHCN-Daily1960 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 2 years with data: -2.50 °C per decade
| Year | Annual average |
|---|---|
| 1960 | no data |
| 1973 | no data |
| 1974 | no data |
| 1975 | no data |
| 1976 | no data |
| 1977 | no data |
| 1978 | no data |
| 1979 | no data |
| 1980 | no data |
| 1981 | no data |
| 1982 | no data |
| 1983 | no data |
| 1984 | no data |
| 1985 | no data |
| 1986 | no data |
| 1987 | no data |
| 1988 | no data |
| 1989 | no data |
| 1990 | no data |
| 1991 | no data |
| 1992 | no data |
| 1994 | no data |
| 1995 | no data |
| 1997 | no data |
| 1999 | no data |
| 2000 | no data |
| 2001 | no data |
| 2002 | no data |
| 2003 | no data |
| 2004 | no data |
| 2005 | no data |
| 2006 | no data |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2017 | 29.9°C |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2019 | 29.4°C |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2024 | no data |
| 2025 | no data |
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.
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
39.8°
Mon 27 Jan 1986
13.1°
Wed 1 Jan 1986
Feb
35.0°
Wed 19 Feb 2014
13.7°
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Mar
34.8°
Sat 25 Mar 2017
14.2°
Wed 5 Mar 2003
Apr
33.2°
Fri 3 Apr 1987
14.2°
Thu 3 Apr 1986
May
33.5°
Record high
33.5°C
Fri 6 Nov 2009
Record low
16.3°C
Mon 6 Nov 1989
Average high
31.4°C
all years on record
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Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 31.3°C.
From our dataRecord high 39.8°C against record low 8.5°C. - 2
At 03:00 it was 21.5°C. By 03:00 it was 21.5°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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12.0°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 21.5°C against 33.5°C in 2009. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.8°C
- Date
- Monday, 27 January 1986
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Dodoma, Tanzania
- Position
- 6.17°S 35.77°E · 1119 m
The highest in available records since 1960. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1960 to 2025.
All-time record low
8.5°C
- Date
- Thursday, 27 June 1985
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Dodoma, Tanzania
- Position
- 6.17°S 35.77°E · 1119 m
The lowest in available records since 1960. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1960 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 33.7°C, lowest 18.4°C, mean 24.2°C. 44 days recorded from 102 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 31.6°C | 20.8°C | 25.4°C | 6 | 13 |
| October 2026 | 33.7°C | 18.4°C | 24.4°C | 30 | 70 |
| September 2026 | 28.9°C | 18.9°C | 22.9°C | 7 of 8 | 19 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
33.7°C
Wed 28 Oct 2026 at 15:00 local
Lowest
18.4°C
Thu 1 Oct 2026 at 03:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Dodoma since September 2026, across 44 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Dodoma (HTDO) is a SYNOP weather station in Tanzania, 1,119 m above sea level, about 3 km from Dodoma.
We have kept a daily record here for 44 of the 46 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 102 observations across the 43 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
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 | 21.5°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 1 reading counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 20.8°C to 31.6°C, a spread of 10.8°C.
Its best placing today was 1,784th hottest of the 7,204 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 176th hottest of the 9,593 stations reporting worldwide.
- It has passed 30°C on 3 of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 21.5°C | 00:00 UTC | 21.5°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 26.7°C | 18:00 UTC | 22.0°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 27.2°C | 18:00 UTC | 22.3°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 26.5°C | 18:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationDodoma Arpt32.0°C1.8 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyMorogoro Arpt33.0°C219.9 km away
- Coldest nearbyArusha Arpt19.0°C323.8 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.5°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 44 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 14 days now. Its longest unbroken run is 29 days.
- First reading stored22.0°C on our first day here
Where this station is
This station lies about 700 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Dodoma is
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6.17°S 35.77°E
Dodoma
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-05, 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 Maps6.1667°S, 35.7667°E
Dodoma, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Dodoma?
The warmest month on record here is January, when the highest reading has reached 39.8°C (103.6°F) on Monday, 27 January 1986.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Dodoma?
The coldest month on record here is June, when the lowest reading has fallen to 8.5°C (47.3°F) on Thursday, 27 June 1985.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Dodoma?
39.8°C (103.6°F) on Monday, 27 January 1986. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1960. 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 Dodoma?
8.5°C (47.3°F) on Thursday, 27 June 1985. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1960.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Dodoma right now?
21.5°C (70.7°F), measured at 03:00 local on Friday 6 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Dodoma the hottest place on Earth?
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins. SYNOP is the surface synoptic report that national weather services file to the WMO, typically at the main hours of 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC and often three hourly between them. It covers places with no airport, which is why the coldest readings on Earth arrive this way.
| 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), 1960 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 44 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.
- 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.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature