Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt
Weather station · 20.5°S 70.2°W · 41 m above sea level
ICAO SCDAWMO 85418Station data since 1973
Record high
21.4°C
in 1994
Record low
9.0°C
in 1973
Average high
19.0°C
all years on record
1.4°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 20.0°C against 21.4°C in 1994. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
31.2°C
- Date
- Thursday, 26 January 1995
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt, Chile
- Position
- 20.54°S 70.18°W · 41 m
Highest highest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
5.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 13 June 1973
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt, Chile
- Position
- 20.54°S 70.18°W · 41 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt is
20.54°S 70.18°W
Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, 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 Maps- 1
Today is colder than 64% of all days recorded here since 1973.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1973. - 2
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 89.2°C colder than Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Iquique/Diego Aracena Arpt has ever recorded, 5.0°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
Not enough history to draw a trend for this station yet.
Records by month
Jan
31.2°
13.0°
Feb
30.6°
10.1°
Mar
31.1°
11.0°
Apr
30.4°
8.0°
May
28.0°
6.0°
Jun
27.1°
5.0°
Jul
22.6°
5.0°
Aug
22.0°
6.0°
Sep
22.8°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 20.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 22.0°C | 16:00 UTC | 20.0°C | 22:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Iquique / Diego AracChile0.3 km
- Arica/Chacalluta ArptChile242.3 km
- AricaChile244.2 km
- Calama/El Loa IntlChile254.2 km
- CalamaChile254.9 km
- TacnaPeru273.5 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 |