El Calafate Arpt
Weather station · 50.3°S 72.1°W · 204 m above sea level
ICAO SAWCStation data since 2003
Record high
17.9°C
in 2021
Record low
−8.2°C
in 2015
Average high
12.4°C
all years on record
15.9°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 2.0°C against 17.9°C in 2021. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
30.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 29 January 2026
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- El Calafate Arpt, Argentina
- Position
- 50.28°S 72.05°W · 204 m
Highest highest in available records since 2003. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−17.4°C
- Date
- Sunday, 27 July 2014
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- El Calafate Arpt, Argentina
- Position
- 50.28°S 72.05°W · 204 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 2003. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where El Calafate Arpt is
50.28°S 72.05°W
El Calafate 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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El Calafate Arpt has dropped below freezing on 3324 nights since 2003. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 2003. - 2
Today is colder than 96% of all days recorded here since 2003.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 2003. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 71.2°C colder than El Calafate Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night El Calafate Arpt has ever recorded, −17.4°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
Not enough history to draw a trend for this station yet.
Records by month
Jan
30.0°
−1.0°
Feb
28.4°
−2.2°
Mar
25.9°
−6.8°
Apr
23.9°
−9.6°
May
20.8°
−12.4°
Jun
18.0°
−16.6°
Jul
17.0°
−17.4°
Aug
17.9°
−15.2°
Sep
18.9°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 2.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 0.0°C | 05:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 5.0°C | 17:00 UTC | 2.0°C | 20:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- EL CALAFATE AEROArgentina0.1 km
- Puerta Natales/GallaCL158 km
- Rio Gallegos IntlArgentina242.8 km
- Rio Gallegos AerodromeArgentina244.6 km
- Santa Cruz AerodromeArgentina250.8 km
- Punta ArenasChile313.4 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), 2003 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |