- Record watch4.3°C from a recordThe November record here is 35.3°C, set on Thursday, 17 November 2005.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 94% of themOf the 8,970 stations reporting to us right now, only 455 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here80.5°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
- 31%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- NNW 330°, 17 km/h
- Pressure
- 1020.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Harare/Mugabe Intl stands
Its highest placing today was 450th of 8,969, reached at 09:15 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 71st of 9,635.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 3 of those 44 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Zimbabwe on 42 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
33.1°
Fri 5 Jan 1968
9.6°
Tue 7 Jan 1975
Feb
35.0°
Mon 23 Feb 1998
8.0°
Sat 14 Feb 1981
Mar
32.3°
Mon 2 Mar 1970
7.5°
Mon 23 Mar 1959
Apr
32.0°
Tue 25 Apr 1995
4.7°
Mon 28 Apr 2003
May
30.0°
Record high
32.7°C
Sat 7 Nov 1998
Record low
10.8°C
Thu 7 Nov 2002
Average high
27.5°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 95% of all days recorded here since 1956.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1956. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 39.3°C.
From our dataRecord high 36.7°C against record low −2.6°C. - 3
At 05:00 it was 22.0°C. By 11:00 it was 31.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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1.7°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 31.0°C against 32.7°C in 1998. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
36.7°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 26 October 2011
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Harare/Mugabe Intl, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 17.92°S 31.10°E · 1490 m
The highest in available records since 1956. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1956 to 2025.
All-time record low
−2.6°C
- Date
- Sunday, 30 June 1996
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Harare/Mugabe Intl, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 17.92°S 31.10°E · 1490 m
The lowest in available records since 1956. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1956 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 34.0°C, lowest 8.0°C, mean 22.7°C. 47 days recorded from 891 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Harare/Mugabe Intl’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 34.0°C | 13.0°C | 25.1°C | 7 | 137 |
| October 2026 | 34.0°C | 8.0°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 603 |
| September 2026 | 32.0°C | 12.0°C | 21.9°C | 8 of 9 | 151 |
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.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
34.0°C
Wed 4 Nov 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
8.0°C
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at 04:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Harare/Mugabe Intl since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Harare/Mugabe Intl (FVRG) is a METAR weather station in Zimbabwe, 1,490 m above sea level, about 6 km from Epworth.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 891 observations across the 46 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 | 31.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 30.0°C | +2.0°C | Counted | |
| 28.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted | |
| 27.0°C | +2.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 13.0°C to 34.0°C, a spread of 21.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 20 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 450th hottest of the 8,969 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 71st hottest of the 9,635 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 3 days.
- Its widest single day so far swung 20.0°C between low and high.
- At 1,490 m, this is the 1st highest of the 28 stations we track in Zimbabwe.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 34.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 32.0°C on Mon 19 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 99th of 5,268.
- and the 5 days before it
Its low of 14.0°C was the lowest of the 25 stations we hold in Zimbabwe, on each of 6 days running.
Reached 32.0°C, its highest of October, beating 31.0°C on Tue 13 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 20 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 31.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 22.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 33.0°C | 14:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 32.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 34.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationHarare Kutsaga26.7°C3.6 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyMount Darwin29.5°C136 km away
- Coldest nearbyRusape18.0°C128.6 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored25.0°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country15.0°C
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations99 of 5,268
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,000 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Harare/Mugabe Intl is
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17.92°S 31.10°E
Harare/Mugabe 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 Maps17.9210°S, 31.1000°E
Harare/Mugabe Intl, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Harare/Mugabe Intl?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 36.7°C (98.1°F) on Wednesday, 26 October 2011.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Harare/Mugabe Intl?
The coldest month on record here is June, when the lowest reading has fallen to −2.6°C (27.3°F) on Sunday, 30 June 1996.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Harare/Mugabe Intl?
36.7°C (98.1°F) on Wednesday, 26 October 2011. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1956. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Harare/Mugabe Intl?
−2.6°C (27.3°F) on Sunday, 30 June 1996. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1956.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Harare/Mugabe Intl right now?
31.0°C (87.8°F), measured at 11:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
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 |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1956 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 days | 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.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature