- Record watch3.2°C from a recordThe November record here is 34.2°C, set on Tuesday, 1 November 2011.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 94% of themOf the 8,970 stations reporting to us right now, only 455 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here80.5°C colderAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica is at −49.5°C at this same moment.Go to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 14.0°C
- Humidity
- 36%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- ENE 60°, 26 km/h
- Pressure
- 1019.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Lilongwe Intl stands
Its highest placing today was 450th of 8,969, reached at 09:15 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 71st of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 6 of those 44 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Malawi on 40 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
☀️ How 31.0°C comparesA typical August afternoon in Funafuti.Funafuti, Tuvalu, typically reaches 31.0°C in August, averaged over every August day its archive holds. Not a published climate normal: it is the mean of what we hold.Warmer right now than 171 of the 195 capital cities we can read.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
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
32.4°C
Sat 7 Nov 1987
Record low
15.8°C
Mon 7 Nov 2011
Average high
29.8°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 95% 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 06:04 it was 22.0°C. By 11:00 it was 31.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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1.4°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 31.0°C against 32.4°C in 1987. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
Highest we have recorded
36.0°C
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time of day
- 16:00 local
- Location
- Lilongwe Intl, Malawi
- Position
- 13.79°S 33.78°E · 1225 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 47 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 Intl, Malawi
- Position
- 13.79°S 33.78°E · 1225 m
The lowest in available records since 1982. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1982 to 2015.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 36.0°C, lowest 15.0°C, mean 26.3°C. 47 days recorded from 535 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 33.0°C | 19.0°C | 28.5°C | 7 | 80 |
| October 2026 | 36.0°C | 15.0°C | 26.1°C | 31 | 372 |
| September 2026 | 32.0°C | 15.0°C | 25.2°C | 8 of 9 | 83 |
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
36.0°C
Sat 24 Oct 2026 at 16:00 local
Lowest
15.0°C
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at 06:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Lilongwe Intl since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Lilongwe Intl (FWKI) is a METAR weather station in Malawi, 1,225 m above sea level, about 20 km from Lilongwe.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 535 observations across the 46 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 | 31.0°C | +2.0°C | Counted |
| 29.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 29.0°C | +2.0°C | Counted | |
| 27.0°C | +4.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 19.0°C to 33.0°C, a spread of 14.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 13 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 450th hottest of the 8,969 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 71st hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 6 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 36.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 35.0°C on Fri 23 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 85th of 7,085.
Its low of 20.0°C was the lowest of the 20 stations we hold in Malawi.
- and the 1 days before it
Its high of 32.0°C was the highest of the 17 stations we hold in Malawi, on each of 2 days running.
Reached 29.0°C, its highest of October, beating 27.0°C on Mon 5 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 12 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 31.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 22.0°C | 04:04 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 32.0°C | 13:00 UTC | 24.0°C | 05:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 32.0°C | 13:00 UTC | 22.0°C | 04:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 33.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationLilongwe International Airport27.4°C1.7 km away, today's high
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilongwe International AirportMalawi | 1.7 km | 27.4°C | 27.4°C |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 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 stored20.0°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country17.0°C
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country30.0°C
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations83 of 5,354
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,500 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Lilongwe Intl is
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13.79°S 33.78°E
Lilongwe Intl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, 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 Maps13.7890°S, 33.7810°E
Lilongwe Intl, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Lilongwe Intl?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 36.0°C (96.8°F) on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Lilongwe Intl?
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 Intl?
36.0°C (96.8°F) on Saturday, 24 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 Intl?
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 Intl right now?
31.0°C (87.8°F), measured at 11:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| 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, 47 days, which hold the record shown above | 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