JAMESTOWN
Weather station · 31.1°S 26.8°E · 1614 m above sea level
WMO 68649Station data since 1997
Record high
26.7°C
in 2015
Record low
0.1°C
in 2019
Average high
23.3°C
all years on record
12.9°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 13.8°C against 26.7°C in 2015. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
38.7°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 5 January 2016
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- JAMESTOWN, South Africa
- Position
- 31.12°S 26.81°E · 1614 m
Highest highest in available records since 1997. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−12.6°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 9 July 2014
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- JAMESTOWN, South Africa
- Position
- 31.12°S 26.81°E · 1614 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1997. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
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JAMESTOWN · 13.8°C
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Records by month
Jan
38.7°
4.0°
Feb
36.3°
2.5°
Mar
34.3°
3.3°
Apr
29.4°
−3.1°
May
25.6°
−4.8°
Jun
22.1°
−11.2°
Jul
20.9°
−12.6°
Aug
26.1°
−8.9°
Sep
31.5°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 13.8°C | 06:00 UTC | 12.7°C | 00:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Aliwal NorthSouth Africa45.7 km
- BARKLY EAST (CAERLEON)South Africa79 km
- QUEENSTOWNSouth Africa88.6 km
- ELLIOTSouth Africa101.1 km
- WEPENERSouth Africa133.7 km
- GARIEP DAMSouth Africa137.4 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), 1997 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |