Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Kowanyama stands
Its highest placing today was 37th of 8,434, reached at 00:30 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 6th of 9,103.
- Reached the world's hottest 10 on 2 of those 43 days.
Ranking as of 21:45 UTC.
☀️ How 26.7°C comparesA typical March afternoon in San Juan.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | 33.5°C |
| 16:00 | 35.1°C |
| 22:00 | 28.1°C |
| 04:00 | 26.7°C |
44 Novembers on record
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
39.5°
Tue 8 Jan 1991
17.2°
Fri 27 Jan 2006
Feb
38.5°
Mon 12 Feb 1990
17.4°
Mon 11 Feb 2002
Mar
38.0°
Mon 7 Mar 1994
16.3°
Sat 30 Mar 2002
Apr
37.4°
Fri 1 Apr 2022
12.9°
Thu 14 Apr 1994
May
37.2°
Record high
41.0°C
Fri 6 Nov 1992
Record low
17.0°C
Mon 6 Nov 1972
Average high
36.7°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 76% of all days recorded here since 1965.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1965. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 37.4°C.
From our dataRecord high 41.9°C against record low 4.5°C. - 3
At 16:00 it was 35.1°C. By 04:00 it was 26.7°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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5.9°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 35.1°C against 41.0°C in 1992. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
41.9°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 3 December 2019
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kowanyama, Australia
- Position
- 15.48°S 141.73°E · 11 m
The highest in available records since 1965. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1965 to 2026.
All-time record low
4.5°C
- Date
- Friday, 3 August 1990
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kowanyama, Australia
- Position
- 15.48°S 141.73°E · 11 m
The lowest in available records since 1965. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1965 to 2026.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 38.6°C, lowest 21.1°C, mean 28.8°C. 46 days recorded from 173 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Kowanyama’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 36.6°C | 26.4°C | 30.6°C | 6 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 38.6°C | 21.1°C | 28.9°C | 31 | 119 |
| September 2026 | 34.4°C | 21.4°C | 27.3°C | 8 of 9 | 30 |
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
38.6°C
Fri 30 Oct 2026 at 16:00 local
Lowest
21.1°C
Sun 4 Oct 2026 at 04:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Kowanyama since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Kowanyama (WMO 94268) is a SYNOP weather station in Australia, 11 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 46 days this site has existed. We have stored 173 observations across the 45 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 | 26.7°C | −1.4°C | Counted |
| 28.1°C | −7.0°C | Counted | |
| high | 35.1°C | +1.6°C | Counted |
| 33.5°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 26.4°C to 36.6°C, a spread of 10.2°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 37th hottest of the 8,434 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 6th hottest of the 9,103 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 30 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 38.6°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 37.6°C on Mon 19 Oct 2026.
Entered the ten hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 6th of 8,956.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 73rd of 8,367.
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 | 35.1°C | 06:00 UTC | 26.7°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 36.2°C | 06:00 UTC | 28.3°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 32.5°C | 00:00 UTC | 27.2°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 33.7°C | 00:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationCOEN AIRPORT34.6°C242.1 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyPalmerville38.6°C299.6 km away
- Coldest nearbyWeipa City22.7°C315.7 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
The nearest other station is 242.1 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored23.5°C on our first day here
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations85 of 8,245
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- First time in the ten hottest reporting stations10 of 9,009
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,700 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Kowanyama is
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15.48°S 141.73°E
Kowanyama
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 Maps15.4833°S, 141.7333°E
Kowanyama, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Kowanyama?
The warmest month on record here is December, when the highest reading has reached 41.9°C (107.4°F) on Tuesday, 3 December 2019.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Kowanyama?
The coldest month on record here is August, when the lowest reading has fallen to 4.5°C (40.1°F) on Friday, 3 August 1990.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Kowanyama?
41.9°C (107.4°F) on Tuesday, 3 December 2019. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1965. 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 Kowanyama?
4.5°C (40.1°F) on Friday, 3 August 1990. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1965.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Kowanyama right now?
26.7°C (80.1°F), measured at 04:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Kowanyama 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), 1965 to 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 46 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