- Record watch2.8°C from a recordThe November record here is 34.2°C, set on Tuesday, 1 November 2011.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 95% of themOf the 9,421 stations reporting to us right now, only 392 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here89.0°C colderDavis Lgb 46 Aws, Antarctica is at −57.6°C at this same moment.Go to Davis Lgb 46 Aws →
Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Lilongwe International Airport stands
Not in the current ranking: this station has not reported a qualifying reading since 17:45 UTC.
Its highest placing today was 361st of 9,193, reached at 12:45 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 155th of 9,581.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Malawi on 7 of those 43 days.
☀️ How 31.4°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
Every year on record
NOAA GHCN-Daily1982 to 2015
Annual average · °C
Trend over 4 years with data: +0.63 °C per decade
| Year | Annual average |
|---|---|
| 1982 | no data |
| 1983 | no data |
| 1984 | 25.8°C |
| 1985 | 25.5°C |
| 1986 | no data |
| 1987 | 26.9°C |
| 1988 | no data |
| 1989 | 25.7°C |
| 1990 | no data |
| 1991 | no data |
| 1992 | no data |
| 1993 | no data |
| 1994 | no data |
| 1995 | no data |
| 1996 | no data |
| 1997 | no data |
| 1998 | no data |
| 1999 | no data |
| 2000 | no data |
| 2001 | no data |
| 2002 | no data |
| 2003 | no data |
| 2006 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
The record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedJan
32.5°
Tue 31 Jan 1989
11.8°
Thu 27 Jan 2011
Feb
31.2°
Sat 10 Feb 1990
11.7°
Thu 20 Feb 1992
Mar
30.2°
Fri 31 Mar 1995
11.3°
Thu 17 Mar 1983
Apr
30.5°
Sat 1 Apr 1995
8.1°
Tue 24 Apr 2012
May
31.5°
Record high
33.1°C
Fri 6 Nov 1987
Record low
16.1°C
Wed 6 Nov 1991
Average high
30.8°C
all years on record
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Today is already hotter than 96% of all days recorded here since 1982.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1982. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 34.4°C.
From our dataRecord high 34.5°C against record low 0.1°C. - 3
At 14:00 it was 31.4°C. By 14:00 it was 31.4°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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1.7°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 31.4°C against 33.1°C in 1987. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
Highest we have recorded
35.4°C
- Date
- Friday, 23 October 2026
- Time of day
- 14:00 local
- Location
- Lilongwe International Airport, Malawi
- Position
- 13.78°S 33.77°E · 1229 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 46 days.
All-time record low
0.1°C
- Date
- Sunday, 28 July 1985
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Lilongwe International Airport, Malawi
- Position
- 13.78°S 33.77°E · 1229 m
The lowest in available records since 1982. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1982 to 2015.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 35.4°C, lowest 14.9°C, mean 26.4°C. 46 days recorded from 77 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 32.5°C | 24.5°C | 29.0°C | 6 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 35.4°C | 14.9°C | 26.1°C | 31 | 52 |
| September 2026 | 31.5°C | 20.0°C | 25.2°C | 8 of 9 | 14 |
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
35.4°C
Fri 23 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
14.9°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 Lilongwe International Airport since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Lilongwe International Airport (FWKI) is a SYNOP weather station in Malawi, 1,229 m above sea level, about 20 km from Lilongwe.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 46 days this site has existed. We have stored 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 31.4°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 1 reading counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 22.2°C to 32.5°C, a spread of 10.3°C.
Its best placing today was 361st hottest of the 9,193 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 155th hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide.
- It has passed 30°C on 6 of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 35.4°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 34.0°C on Wed 21 Oct 2026.
Its high of 28.1°C was the highest of the 15 stations we hold in Malawi.
Reached 30.2°C, its highest of October, beating 30.1°C on Wed 7 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 31.4°C | 12:00 UTC | 31.4°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 31.2°C | 12:00 UTC | 25.7°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 32.5°C | 12:00 UTC | 27.2°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 32.5°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationLilongwe Intl32.0°C1.7 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyNkhota Kota34.9°C110.1 km away
- Coldest nearbyChitedze26.5°C26.4 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 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 stored20.6°C on our first day here
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country28.1°C
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,500 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Lilongwe International Airport is
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13.78°S 33.77°E
Lilongwe International Airport
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 Maps13.7833°S, 33.7667°E
Lilongwe International Airport, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Lilongwe International Airport?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 35.4°C (95.7°F) on Friday, 23 October 2026.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Lilongwe International Airport?
The coldest month on record here is July, when the lowest reading has fallen to 0.1°C (32.2°F) on Sunday, 28 July 1985.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Lilongwe International Airport?
35.4°C (95.7°F) on Friday, 23 October 2026. That is the highest this site has recorded at this station, and it is higher than anything in the daily archive we hold, which runs since 1982. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
Our own observations
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Lilongwe International Airport?
0.1°C (32.2°F) on Sunday, 28 July 1985. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1982.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Lilongwe International Airport right now?
31.4°C (88.5°F), measured at 14:00 local on Friday 6 November.
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 2015 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 46 days, which hold the record shown above | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
Download these readings
Every reading we hold for Lilongwe International Airport that passed the checks above, as a file. The source networks are public domain and the file carries its own attribution.
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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