Gough Island climate by month
Averages and records for each calendar month at Gough Island, South Africa, from 1963 to 2001. The warmest month is February, averaging 17.7°C; the coolest is August at 11.5°C.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Record high | Record low | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.5°C | 11.2°C | 26.4°C18 January 1975 | 5.3°C1 January 1965 | 38 / 38 |
| February | 17.7°C | 11.5°C | 28.6°C25 February 1975 | 0.0°C24 February 1979 | 38 / 38 |
| March | 17.1°C | 11.2°C | 26.5°C27 March 1998 | 4.8°C22 March 1974 | 38 / 38 |
| April | 15.5°C | 10.2°C | 22.6°C7 April 1983 | 2.9°C26 April 1998 | 39 / 39 |
| May | 13.9°C | 8.7°C | 21.5°C7 May 1999 | 1.4°C18 May 1967 | 39 / 39 |
| June | 12.7°C | 7.5°C | 19.8°C28 June 1992 | 0.7°C8 June 1992 | 36 / 37 |
| July | 11.8°C | 6.6°C | 19.3°C9 July 1983 | −0.9°C20 July 1970 | 38 / 38 |
| August | 11.5°C | 6.5°C | 18.7°C25 August 1992 | −2.7°C29 August 1967 | 38 / 38 |
| September | 11.8°C | 6.5°C | 22.5°C22 September 1992 | −0.5°C6 September 1991 | 37 / 37 |
| October | 13.1°C | 7.9°C | 21.5°C27 October 1999 | 0.5°C5 October 1977 | 35 / 35 |
| November | 14.9°C | 9.1°C | 23.9°C8 November 1974 | 2.3°C2 November 1994 | 37 / 37 |
| December | 16.5°C | 10.4°C | 25.8°C24 December 1999 | 4.1°C7 December 1973 | 36 / 37 |
Years shows the number behind the average high, then the number holding a record for that month. They differ because a year contributes an average only when the month has at least 25 days of readings, while a single reading is enough to set a record. The average low is withheld on the same 25-day rule and is counted separately again; it is shown as a dash where the archive cannot support it. Across the twelve months here the averages rest on 35 to 39 years each.
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Every figure on this page is computed from NOAA GHCN-Daily observations stored per station, per year, per month. Nothing is modelled, interpolated or estimated, and a month the archive never covered is left out rather than filled in. A station appears here only once all twelve months carry an average from at least 10 years. See how this is built.