Kariba
Weather station · 16.5°S 28.9°E · 518 m above sea level
ICAO FVKBWMO 67761Station data since 1963
Record high
38.7°C
in 1979
Record low
16.0°C
in 1974
Average high
34.5°C
all years on record
10.3°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 28.4°C against 38.7°C in 1979. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
42.7°C
- Date
- Friday, 20 November 1987
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kariba, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 16.52°S 28.88°E · 518 m
Highest highest in available records since 1963. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
2.7°C
- Date
- Saturday, 15 June 1968
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kariba, Zimbabwe
- Position
- 16.52°S 28.88°E · 518 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1963. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Satellite preview of the station site
Kariba · 28.4°C
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Records by month
Jan
37.9°
16.4°
Feb
36.5°
15.6°
Mar
37.7°
15.0°
Apr
36.8°
10.3°
May
35.7°
6.6°
Jun
33.7°
2.7°
Jul
32.9°
3.4°
Aug
36.5°
5.0°
Sep
38.9°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 28.4°C | 06:00 UTC | 28.4°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Kariba ArptZW0.4 km
- KaroiZimbabwe85.7 km
- Mount MakuluZambia126.6 km
- Kafue PolderZambia132.6 km
- Lusaka/Kuanda IntlZM139.4 km
- Lusaka IntlZM139.4 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), 1963 to 1990 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |