Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Kingscote stands
Its highest placing today was 2,616th of 7,449, reached at 18:15 UTC.
- Best global cold placing in 33 days recorded: 547th of 9,581.
Ranking as of 21:45 UTC.
☀️ How 8.8°C comparesA typical December afternoon in Douglas.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 10:30 | 17.4°C |
| 16:30 | 17.5°C |
| 22:30 | 10.1°C |
| 04:30 | 8.8°C |
36 Novembers on record
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
40.6°
Sat 17 Jan 1959
8.3°
Tue 28 Jan 1958
Feb
41.0°
Sun 8 Feb 1970
8.9°
Mon 24 Feb 1969
Mar
35.8°
Thu 6 Mar 1986
6.1°
Wed 12 Mar 1958
Apr
31.0°
Thu 11 Apr 1968
5.6°
Mon 15 Apr 1963
May
24.7°
Record high
29.6°C
Sun 6 Nov 1983
Record low
7.1°C
Fri 6 Nov 1970
Average high
19.5°C
all years on record
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Kingscote has dropped below freezing on 1 nights since 1957. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1957. - 2
Today is colder than 62% of all days recorded here since 1957.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1957. 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 66.4°C colder than Kingscote. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Kingscote has ever recorded, −1.1°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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12.1°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 17.5°C against 29.6°C in 1983. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
41.0°C
- Date
- Sunday, 8 February 1970
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kingscote, Australia
- Position
- 35.65°S 137.63°E · 20 m
The highest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2002.
All-time record low
−1.1°C
- Date
- Thursday, 12 June 1958
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kingscote, Australia
- Position
- 35.65°S 137.63°E · 20 m
The lowest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2002.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 26.4°C, lowest 5.2°C, mean 14.1°C. 35 days recorded from 128 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 20.9°C | 5.6°C | 14.3°C | 6 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 26.4°C | 5.2°C | 14.1°C | 27 | 103 |
| September 2026 | 18.7°C | 8.5°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.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
26.4°C
Thu 22 Oct 2026 at 16:30 local
Lowest
5.2°C
Sun 25 Oct 2026 at 04:30 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Kingscote since September 2026, across 35 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Kingscote (WMO 94807) is a SYNOP weather station in Australia, 20 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 35 of the 46 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 128 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| low | 8.8°C | −1.3°C | Counted |
| 10.1°C | −7.4°C | Counted | |
| high | 17.5°C | +0.1°C | Counted |
| 17.4°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 5.6°C to 20.9°C, a spread of 15.3°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 2,616th coldest of the 7,449 stations reporting.
Recent highlights
Fell to 5.2°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 6.3°C on Wed 14 Oct 2026.
- and the 1 days before it
Reached 25.3°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 22.8°C on Sat 17 Oct 2026.
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 | 17.5°C | 06:00 UTC | 8.8°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 17.8°C | 06:00 UTC | 9.5°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 15.9°C | 00:00 UTC | 5.6°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 20.0°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationKingscote Arpt22.0°C12.4 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyCygnet River Kingstone Aerodrome Aws20.7°C12.9 km away
- Coldest nearbyParawa Second Valley Forest Aws8.7°C59.6 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 stored8.8°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 4,000 km south of the equator.
Where Kingscote is
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35.65°S 137.63°E
Kingscote
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 Maps35.6500°S, 137.6333°E
Kingscote, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Kingscote?
The warmest month on record here is February, when the highest reading has reached 41.0°C (105.8°F) on Sunday, 8 February 1970.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Kingscote?
The coldest month on record here is June, when the lowest reading has fallen to −1.1°C (30.0°F) on Thursday, 12 June 1958.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Kingscote?
41.0°C (105.8°F) on Sunday, 8 February 1970. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1957. 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 Kingscote?
−1.1°C (30.0°F) on Thursday, 12 June 1958. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1957.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Kingscote right now?
8.8°C (47.8°F), measured at 04:30 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Kingscote the coldest 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), 1957 to 2002 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 35 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.
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.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature