East London Arpt
Weather station · 33.0°S 27.8°E · 127 m above sea level
ICAO FAELWMO 68858Station data since 1941
Record high
35.2°C
in 1955
Record low
2.0°C
in 2022
Average high
18.9°C
all years on record
10.2°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 25.0°C against 35.2°C in 1955. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
43.1°C
- Date
- Saturday, 4 October 1997
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- East London Arpt, South Africa
- Position
- 33.04°S 27.83°E · 127 m
Highest highest in available records since 1941. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−1.6°C
- Date
- Monday, 4 July 2016
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- East London Arpt, South Africa
- Position
- 33.04°S 27.83°E · 127 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1941. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where East London Arpt is
33.04°S 27.83°E
East London 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.
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Today is already hotter than 79% of all days recorded here since 1941.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1941. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 44.7°C.
From our dataRecord high 43.1°C against record low −1.6°C. - 3
At 03:00 UTC this morning it was 19.0°C. By 07:42 UTC it was 25.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1941 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 75 years with data: -1.06 °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
36.4°
0.0°
Feb
42.6°
0.0°
Mar
41.2°
0.0°
Apr
38.6°
1.8°
May
37.0°
0.0°
Jun
33.0°
−1.1°
Jul
34.3°
−1.6°
Aug
37.5°
0.0°
Sep
41.7°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 25.0°C | 07:42 UTC | 19.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 21.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 19.0°C | 17:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- East London, East London AirportSouth Africa0.7 km
- Bisho-AirportSouth Africa41.7 km
- DohneSouth Africa66.7 km
- PORT ALFRED ARPORTSouth Africa105.4 km
- FORT BEAUFORTSouth Africa115.3 km
- QUEENSTOWNSouth Africa152.7 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), 1941 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |