Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 12.0°C
- Humidity
- 35%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- NNE 20°, 13 km/h
- Pressure
- 1014.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
23 Novembers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
37.7°
Tue 4 Jan 1966
8.9°
Sun 2 Jan 1977
Feb
36.6°
Sat 21 Feb 1987
10.1°
Sun 13 Feb 1972
Mar
36.3°
Mon 2 Mar 1970
7.8°
Mon 16 Mar 1970
Apr
35.9°
Thu 16 Apr 1987
2.5°
Tue 27 Apr 1965
May
34.0°
Record high
36.4°C
Thu 7 Nov 1968
Record low
15.7°C
Mon 7 Nov 1977
Average high
31.7°C
all years on record
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Today is already hotter than 54% of all days recorded here since 1962.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1962. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 39.2°C.
From our dataRecord high 39.2°C against record low 0.0°C. - 3
At 08:00 it was 29.0°C. By 08:00 it was 29.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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7.4°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 29.0°C against 36.4°C in 1968. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.2°C
- Date
- Thursday, 18 October 1962
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Hwange Natl Park Arpt, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 18.64°S 27.00°E · 1087 m
The highest in available records since 1962. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1962 to 1990.
All-time record low
0.0°C
- Date
- Sunday, 12 June 1988
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Hwange Natl Park Arpt, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 18.64°S 27.00°E · 1087 m
The lowest in available records since 1962. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1962 to 1990.
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 stationVictoria Falls27.9°C135.3 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyVictoria Falls Arpt33.0°C136.6 km away
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hwange Natl Park Arpt (FVWN) is a METAR weather station in Zimbabwe, 1,087 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 39 of the 46 days since 23 September 2026, from 80 observations.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 5 days here, running from 26.0°C to 37.0°C, a spread of 11.0°C.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 13th hottest of the 9,701 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 12 days.
- It has passed 30°C on 3 of the 5 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 39.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 38.0°C on Thu 22 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 20th of 5,316.
Reached 35.0°C, its highest of October, beating 34.0°C on Sat 10 Oct 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
39.0°C
Fri 23 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
15.0°C
Fri 2 Oct 2026 at 08:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Hwange Natl Park Arpt since September 2026, across 39 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 | 37.0°C | 26.0°C | - | 5 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 39.0°C | 15.0°C | 29.1°C | 27 | 53 |
| September 2026 | 36.0°C | 22.0°C | 30.0°C | 7 | 19 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 39.0°C, lowest 15.0°C, mean 29.7°C. 39 days recorded from 80 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 29.0°C | 06:00 UTC | 29.0°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 37.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 29.0°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 37.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 36.0°C | 09:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 37.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 39 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 23 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 4 days now. Its longest unbroken run is 14 days.
- First reading stored31.0°C on our first day here
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations46 of 5,341
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,100 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Hwange Natl Park Arpt is
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18.64°S 27.00°E
Hwange Natl Park Arpt
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 Maps18.6360°S, 27.0010°E
Hwange Natl Park Arpt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Hwange Natl Park Arpt?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 39.2°C (102.6°F) on Thursday, 18 October 1962.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Hwange Natl Park Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is June, when the lowest reading has fallen to 0.0°C (32.0°F) on Sunday, 12 June 1988.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Hwange Natl Park Arpt?
39.2°C (102.6°F) on Thursday, 18 October 1962. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1962. 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 Hwange Natl Park Arpt?
0.0°C (32.0°F) on Sunday, 12 June 1988. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1962.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Hwange Natl Park Arpt right now?
29.0°C (84.2°F), measured at 08:00 local on Friday 6 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), 1962 to 1990 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 39 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