Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Karakul stands
Its highest placing today was 1,168th of 8,754, reached at 12:30 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 33 days recorded: 1,068th of 9,266.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Uzbekistan on 2 of those 33 days.
Ranking as of 20:15 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 05:00 | 13.3°C |
| 11:00 | 20.9°C |
| 17:00 | 26.4°C |
| 23:00 | 19.6°C |
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
19.6°
Wed 14 Jan 2026
−9.9°
Thu 22 Jan 2026
Feb
26.5°
Fri 20 Feb 2026
−4.5°
Sat 8 Feb 2025
Mar
30.6°
Mon 25 Mar 2024
−6.3°
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Apr
36.5°
Mon 28 Apr 2025
10.2°
Fri 3 Apr 2026
May
39.8°
Record high
24.5°C
Mon 6 Nov 2023
Record low
−2.7°C
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Average high
18.6°C
all years on record
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Karakul has dropped below freezing on 74 nights since 1962. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1962. - 2
Today is colder than 55% of all days recorded here since 1962.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1962. Shown only once the station has reported most of the day, because a day's high can still rise. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 77.2°C colder than Karakul. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Karakul has ever recorded, −9.9°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −57.6°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Today's high beats the record for 6 November
Today’s high 26.4°C against 24.5°C in 2023. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
44.5°C
- Date
- Friday, 4 July 2025
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Karakul, Uzbekistan
- Position
- 39.50°N 63.85°E · 0 m
The highest in available records since 1962. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1962 to 2026.
All-time record low
−9.9°C
- Date
- Thursday, 22 January 2026
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Karakul, Uzbekistan
- Position
- 39.50°N 63.85°E · 0 m
The lowest in available records since 1962. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1962 to 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
32.5°C
Tue 22 Sep 2026 at 17:00 local
Lowest
3.2°C
Thu 29 Oct 2026 at 05:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Karakul since September 2026, across 35 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 | 26.4°C | 5.0°C | 14.2°C | 6 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 28.1°C | 3.2°C | 15.6°C | 27 | 97 |
| September 2026 | 32.5°C | 18.6°C | - | 1 of 2 | 1 |
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.
What stands out here
- Its widest single day so far swung 16.7°C between low and high.
Karakul (WMO 38685) is a SYNOP weather station in Uzbekistan, 0 m above sea level, about 4 km from Karakul’.
We have kept a daily record here for 35 of the 46 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 122 observations across the 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.6°C | −6.8°C | Counted | |
| high | 26.4°C | +5.5°C | Counted |
| 20.9°C | +7.6°C | Counted | |
| low | 13.3°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 5.0°C to 26.4°C, a spread of 21.4°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 1,168th hottest of the 8,754 stations reporting.
Recent highlights
Fell to 3.2°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 4.5°C on Tue 27 Oct 2026.
Reached 28.1°C, its highest of October, beating 27.5°C on Thu 8 Oct 2026.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 32.5°C, lowest 3.2°C, mean 15.4°C. 35 days recorded from 122 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 4 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 26.4°C | 12:00 UTC | 13.3°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 15.8°C | 18:00 UTC | 6.5°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 13.2°C | 12:00 UTC | 9.8°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 20.7°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationTürkmenabat Arpt30.0°C50.6 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyChardzhev28.6°C51 km away
- Coldest nearbyBukhara Arpt10.0°C62.3 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 35 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 33 days now.
- First reading stored32.5°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 4,400 km north of the equator.
Where Karakul is
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39.50°N 63.85°E
Karakul
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-05, 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 Maps39.5000°N, 63.8500°E
Karakul, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Karakul?
The warmest month on record here is July, when the highest reading has reached 44.5°C (112.1°F) on Friday, 4 July 2025.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Karakul?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to −9.9°C (14.2°F) on Thursday, 22 January 2026.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Karakul?
44.5°C (112.1°F) on Friday, 4 July 2025. 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 Karakul?
−9.9°C (14.2°F) on Thursday, 22 January 2026. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1962.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Karakul right now?
19.6°C (67.3°F), measured at 23:00 local on Friday 6 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Karakul the hottest place on Earth?
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins. SYNOP is the surface synoptic report that national weather services file to the WMO, typically at the main hours of 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC and often three hourly between them. It covers places with no airport, which is why the coldest readings on Earth arrive this way.
| 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 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 35 days, which hold the record shown above | 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.
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Inside the range of measured temperature