Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Kasane stands
Not in the current ranking: this station has not reported a qualifying reading since 11:46 UTC.
Its highest placing today was 1,543rd of 7,314, reached at 06:16 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 7 days recorded: 346th of 8,699.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Botswana on 4 of those 7 days.
☀️ How 23.4°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
10 Octobers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
38.5°
Fri 12 Jan 2001
12.4°
Tue 4 Jan 2000
Feb
39.9°
Thu 12 Feb 2015
14.0°
Thu 15 Feb 2007
Mar
38.1°
Tue 10 Mar 1992
8.6°
Wed 31 Mar 1999
Apr
35.8°
Mon 6 Apr 1987
6.0°
Tue 22 Apr 2008
May
33.8°
Record high
38.5°C
Wed 7 Oct 1998
Record low
15.0°C
Thu 7 Oct 2004
Average high
35.7°C
all years on record
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Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 40.5°C.
From our dataRecord high 41.0°C against record low 0.5°C. - 2
At 08:00 it was 23.4°C. By 08:00 it was 23.4°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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15.1°C short of the record for 7 October
Today’s high 23.4°C against 38.5°C in 1998. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
41.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 31 October 2016
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kasane, Botswana
- Position
- 17.82°S 25.15°E · 968 m
The highest in available records since 1982. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1982 to 2025.
All-time record low
0.5°C
- Date
- Monday, 11 June 2012
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kasane, Botswana
- Position
- 17.82°S 25.15°E · 968 m
The lowest in available records since 1982. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1982 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 30.6°C, lowest 18.5°C, mean 25.2°C. 7 days recorded from 10 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 30.6°C | 18.5°C | - | 5 | 7 |
| September 2026 | 28.5°C | 24.6°C | - | 2 | 3 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
30.6°C
Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
18.5°C
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at 08:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Kasane since September 2026, across 7 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Kasane (FBKE) is a SYNOP weather station in Botswana, 968 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 7 of the 10 days since 28 September 2026, from 10 observations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 23.4°C | Counted once, re-offered 12 times |
Times are local time. 1 reading counted and 1 republished by the feed after we had already stored it.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 5 days here, running from 18.5°C to 30.6°C, a spread of 12.1°C.
Its best placing today was 1,543rd hottest of the 7,314 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 346th hottest of the 8,699 stations reporting worldwide.
- It has passed 30°C on 2 of the 5 days we have recorded here.
Recent days
Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 23.4°C | 06:00 UTC | 23.4°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-06 | 21.1°C | 18:00 UTC | 19.1°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-05 | 30.6°C | 12:00 UTC | 30.6°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-04 | 30.5°C | 12:00 UTC | 30.5°C |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationKasane Arpt31.0°C2.2 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyVictoria Falls32.6°C80.5 km away
- Coldest nearbyVictoria Falls Arpt29.0°C79.3 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−66.5°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 7 of the 10 days since we started storing this station on 28 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 5 days now.
- First reading stored27.8°C on our first day here
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,000 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Kasane is
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17.82°S 25.15°E
Kasane
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-10-06, 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 Maps17.8167°S, 25.1500°E
Kasane, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Kasane?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 41.0°C (105.8°F) on Monday, 31 October 2016.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Kasane?
The coldest month on record here is June, when the lowest reading has fallen to 0.5°C (32.9°F) on Monday, 11 June 2012.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Kasane?
41.0°C (105.8°F) on Monday, 31 October 2016. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1982. 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 Kasane?
0.5°C (32.9°F) on Monday, 11 June 2012. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1982.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Kasane right now?
23.4°C (74.1°F), measured at 08:00 local on Wednesday 7 October.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Kasane 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), 1982 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 7 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.
99 readings from this station have been refused in the 12 days since readings began being logged against individual stations.
- The reading is recent enough for its network: 99
- 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.