- Record watch4.0°C from a recordThe November record here is 38.0°C, set on Friday, 6 November 2026.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 98% of themOf the 8,970 stations reporting to us right now, only 144 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here83.5°C colderAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica is at −49.5°C at this same moment.Go to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 12.0°C
- Humidity
- 26%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- N 10°, 19 km/h
- Pressure
- 1013.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Gaborone/Khama Intl stands
Its highest placing today was 142nd of 8,969, reached at 09:15 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 12th of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 13 of those 43 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Botswana on 34 of those 43 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedWe hold a record for 3 months here so far, September and October and November. The rest of the year fills in as this station reports through it.
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At 06:00 it was 20.0°C. By 11:00 it was 34.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Highest we have recorded
38.0°C
- Date
- Friday, 6 November 2026
- Time of day
- 16:00 local
- Location
- Gaborone/Khama Intl, Botswana
- Position
- 24.55°S 25.92°E · 1007 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 46 days.
Lowest we have recorded
6.0°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- Time of day
- 05:00 local
- Location
- Gaborone/Khama Intl, Botswana
- Position
- 24.55°S 25.92°E · 1007 m
The lowest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 46 days.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 18.0°C to 38.0°C, a spread of 20.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 21 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 142nd hottest of the 8,969 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 12th hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 13 days.
- Its widest single day so far swung 19.0°C between low and high.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 38.0°C | 18.0°C | 27.7°C | 7 | 140 |
| October 2026 | 37.0°C | 6.0°C | 23.7°C | 31 | 675 |
| September 2026 | 32.0°C | 13.0°C | 20.9°C | 7 of 8 | 122 |
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.
Gaborone/Khama Intl (FBSK) is a METAR weather station in Botswana, 1,007 m above sea level, about 5 km from Mmopone.
We have kept a daily record here for 46 of the 47 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 937 observations across the 45 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 | 34.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 33.0°C | +5.0°C | Counted | |
| 28.0°C | +3.0°C | Counted | |
| 25.0°C | +3.0°C |
Recent highlights
Reached 37.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 36.0°C on Sun 18 Oct 2026.
Fell to 6.0°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 7.0°C on Sat 3 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 45th of 5,316.
Its low of 17.0°C was the lowest of the 14 stations we hold in Botswana.
Reached 27.0°C, its highest of October, beating 26.0°C on Sat 3 Oct 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
38.0°C
Fri 6 Nov 2026 at 16:00 local
Lowest
6.0°C
Tue 20 Oct 2026 at 05:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Gaborone/Khama Intl since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 38.0°C, lowest 6.0°C, mean 23.9°C. 46 days recorded from 937 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 22 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 34.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 20.0°C | 04:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 38.0°C | 14:00 UTC | 19.0°C | 04:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 37.0°C | 11:00 UTC | 21.0°C | 02:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 36.0°C | 13:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationLEPHEPE28.8°C132.1 km away, today's high
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GaboroneBotswana | 12.4 km | none | none |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 46 of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 41 days now.
- First reading stored28.0°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country20.0°C
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations80 of 5,292
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,700 km south of the equator.
Where Gaborone/Khama Intl is
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24.55°S 25.92°E
Gaborone/Khama Intl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, 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 Maps24.5550°S, 25.9180°E
Gaborone/Khama Intl, answered from the data
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Gaborone/Khama Intl?
38.0°C (100.4°F) on Friday, 6 November 2026. That is the highest this site has recorded at this station. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
Our own observations
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Gaborone/Khama Intl?
6.0°C (42.8°F) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. That is the lowest this site has recorded at this station.
Our own observations
What is the temperature in Gaborone/Khama Intl right now?
34.0°C (93.2°F), measured at 11:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Gaborone/Khama Intl the hottest place on Earth?
Not right now: it is 145th of the 8,970 stations reporting to us. Its best position since we started watching is 12th of 9,581. We rank the stations that report to us, which is not the same as every place on Earth.
Our live rankings
Where does Gaborone/Khama Intl rank among the hottest places in Botswana?
Right now it is 3rd hottest of the 6 stations we track in Botswana.
Our live rankings
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | 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.
3 readings from this station have been refused in the last 14 days.
- Agrees with the stations around it: 3
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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