Grootfontein Arpt
Weather station · 19.6°S 18.1°E · 1407 m above sea level
ICAO FYGFWMO 68014Station data since 1973
Record high
36.9°C
in 2016
Record low
5.2°C
in 1983
Average high
32.5°C
all years on record
11.9°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 25.0°C against 36.9°C in 2016. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
46.2°C
- Date
- Thursday, 29 December 2016
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Grootfontein Arpt, Namibia
- Position
- 19.60°S 18.12°E · 1407 m
Highest highest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−5.6°C
- Date
- Saturday, 24 July 2021
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Grootfontein Arpt, Namibia
- Position
- 19.60°S 18.12°E · 1407 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Grootfontein Arpt is
19.60°S 18.12°E
Records by month
Jan
40.1°
11.6°
Feb
39.8°
9.3°
Mar
39.0°
5.5°
Apr
39.3°
4.2°
May
32.7°
−1.0°
Jun
31.2°
−5.0°
Jul
31.6°
−5.6°
Aug
34.8°
−4.9°
Sep
37.3°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 25.0°C | 08:00 UTC | 20.0°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 31.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 19.0°C | 20:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 181.5 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- OtjiwarongoNamibia181.5 km
- Rundu ArptNamibia248.6 km
- Ondangwa ArptNamibia297.2 km
- Windhoek/Kufako IntlNamibia326.1 km
- J. G. StrijdomNamibia326.4 km
- Windhoek/Eros ArptNamibia350.5 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), 1973 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
