Gao Arpt
Weather station · 16.2°N 0.0°W · 262 m above sea level
ICAO GAGOWMO 61226Station data since 1957
Record high
43.7°C
in 2009
Record low
21.8°C
in 1983
Average high
39.5°C
all years on record
15.7°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 28.0°C against 43.7°C in 2009. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
48.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 17 September 1973
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Gao Arpt, Mali
- Position
- 16.25°N 0.01°W · 262 m
Highest highest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
7.9°C
- Date
- Sunday, 30 January 1983
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Gao Arpt, Mali
- Position
- 16.25°N 0.01°W · 262 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Gao Arpt is
16.25°N 0.01°W
Every year on record
1957 to 2012
Annual average · °C
Trend over 4 years with data: +0.14 °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
42.5°
7.9°
Feb
42.7°
10.2°
Mar
47.0°
12.0°
Apr
46.6°
14.0°
May
47.0°
21.0°
Jun
47.0°
19.8°
Jul
46.1°
16.1°
Aug
45.0°
17.0°
Sep
48.0°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 28.0°C | 08:00 UTC | 28.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 39.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 38.0°C | 16:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 245 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- DoriBurkina Faso245 km
- TillaberyNiger275.3 km
- Tombouctou ArptMali324.9 km
- BOGANDEBurkina Faso361.7 km
- Niamey-AeroNiger384.9 km
- Niamey/Hamani IntlNiger385.2 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), 1957 to 2012 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
