Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 0.2°C
- Humidity
- 83%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- Calm
- Pressure
- 1011.9 hPa
- sea level
- Visibility
- 16 km or more
Where Hotel stands
On Earth#2,190 of 8,970The 2,189 above it →In United States#849 of 2,766Every station in United States →
In North Dakota#28 of 51
Its highest placing today was 883rd of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global cold placing in 44 days recorded: 64th of 9,478.
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
15.0°
Thu 5 Jan 2012
−41.0°
Wed 5 Jan 2005
Feb
15.0°
Fri 22 Feb 2002
−36.0°
Thu 15 Feb 2007
Mar
26.0°
Sun 18 Mar 2012
−35.0°
Sun 2 Mar 2003
Apr
33.0°
Sat 28 Apr 2001
−13.0°
Sun 11 Apr 2004
May
33.0°
Record high
20.0°C
Tue 7 Nov 2006
Record low
−23.0°C
Fri 7 Nov 2003
Average high
7.0°C
all years on record
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Hotel has dropped below freezing on 1950 nights since 2001. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 2001. - 2
Right now Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is 52.3°C colder than Hotel. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Hotel has ever recorded, −41.0°C, would pass for a warm spell at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is −49.5°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
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13.9°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 6.1°C against 20.0°C in 2006. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
42.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 23 July 2007
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Hotel, United States
- Position
- 47.97°N 102.22°W · 578 m
The highest in available records since 2001. Source: GHCN-Daily, 2001 to 2013.
All-time record low
−41.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 5 January 2005
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Hotel, United States
- Position
- 47.97°N 102.22°W · 578 m
The lowest in available records since 2001. Source: GHCN-Daily, 2001 to 2013.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8°C | +0.8°C | Counted | |
| 2.0°C | −0.5°C | Counted | |
| 2.5°C | +1.2°C | Counted | |
| 1.3°C | +0.9°C | Counted | |
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.
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationGolf2.7°C25.6 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyEcho7.0°C47.9 km away
- Coldest nearbyStanley Muni0.0°C39.4 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
Hotel (K1HN) is a METAR weather station in United States, 578 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,212 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from −3.9°C to 14.8°C, a spread of 18.7°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 23 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 883rd coldest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
It is currently within a degree of the median of the 6 reporting stations inside 150 km.
What stands out here
- Its widest single day so far swung 18.7°C between low and high.
- It has dropped below freezing on 3 of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Fell to −7.2°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating −5.0°C on Fri 16 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred coldest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 64th of 5,265.
Reached 25.6°C, its highest of October, beating 24.6°C on Mon 5 Oct 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
26.3°C
Thu 24 Sep 2026 at 17:55 local
Lowest
−7.2°C
Sun 25 Oct 2026 at 07:55 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Hotel since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 14.8°C | −3.9°C | 3.3°C | 7 | 143 |
| October 2026 | 25.6°C | −7.2°C | 7.7°C | 31 | 800 |
| September 2026 | 26.3°C | 5.7°C | 15.7°C | 8 of 9 | 269 |
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.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 26.3°C, lowest −7.2°C, mean 9.0°C. 47 days recorded from 1,212 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 24 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 6.1°C | 00:55 UTC | 0.4°C | 04:55 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 13.9°C | 20:55 UTC | −1.6°C | 11:55 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 3.6°C | 00:55 UTC | −3.4°C | 09:55 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 14.8°C | 20:55 UTC |
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 stored18.6°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- First time in the hundred coldest reporting stations64 of 5,265
- 1,000 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
Where this station is
This station lies about 5,300 km north of the equator.
Where Hotel is
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47.97°N 102.22°W
Hotel
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 Maps47.9700°N, 102.2200°W
Hotel, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Hotel?
The warmest month on record here is July, when the highest reading has reached 42.0°C (107.6°F) on Monday, 23 July 2007.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Hotel?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to −41.0°C (−41.8°F) on Wednesday, 5 January 2005.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Hotel?
42.0°C (107.6°F) on Monday, 23 July 2007. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 2001. 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 Hotel?
−41.0°C (−41.8°F) on Wednesday, 5 January 2005. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 2001.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Hotel right now?
2.8°C (37.0°F), measured at 02:55 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Hotel the coldest place on Earth?
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), 2001 to 2013 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