- RankHotter than 90% of themOf the 9,303 stations reporting to us right now, only 890 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here85.0°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 Mcarthur River stands
Its highest placing today was 21st of 8,949, reached at 08:45 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 2nd of 9,021.
- Reached the world's hottest 10 on 6 of those 43 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Australia on 2 of those 43 days.
Ranking as of 21:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | 32.9°C |
| 15:30 | 39.3°C |
| 21:30 | 30.9°C |
| 03:30 | 27.4°C |
43 Novembers on record
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
45.0°
Mon 4 Jan 1971
16.0°
Tue 27 Jan 1976
Feb
45.3°
Sat 19 Feb 1983
17.0°
Wed 4 Feb 2015
Mar
43.4°
Fri 4 Mar 2022
13.8°
Sat 30 Mar 2002
Apr
40.2°
Mon 11 Apr 2022
7.5°
Thu 14 Apr 1994
May
37.7°
Record high
42.2°C
Sun 6 Nov 2016
Record low
16.5°C
Sat 6 Nov 1993
Average high
39.0°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 88% of all days recorded here since 1969.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1969. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 45.0°C.
From our dataRecord high 46.0°C against record low 1.0°C. - 3
At 15:30 it was 39.3°C. By 03:30 it was 27.4°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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2.9°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 39.3°C against 42.2°C in 2016. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
46.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 31 December 1990
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Mcarthur River, Australia
- Position
- 16.43°S 136.08°E · 41 m
The highest in available records since 1969. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1969 to 2026.
All-time record low
1.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 5 July 1984
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Mcarthur River, Australia
- Position
- 16.43°S 136.08°E · 41 m
The lowest in available records since 1969. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1969 to 2026.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 40.7°C, lowest 17.8°C, mean 29.7°C. 46 days recorded from 173 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Mcarthur River’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 40.7°C | 25.8°C | 32.7°C | 6 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 38.4°C | 18.4°C | 29.7°C | 31 | 120 |
| September 2026 | 34.6°C | 17.8°C | 27.1°C | 8 of 9 | 29 |
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
40.7°C
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 15:30 local
Lowest
17.8°C
Tue 22 Sep 2026 at 03:30 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Mcarthur River since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Mcarthur River (WMO 94239) is a SYNOP weather station in Australia, 41 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 | 27.4°C | −3.5°C | Counted |
| 30.9°C | −8.4°C | Counted | |
| high | 39.3°C | +6.4°C | Counted |
| 32.9°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 25.8°C to 40.7°C, a spread of 14.9°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 21st hottest of the 8,949 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 2nd hottest of the 9,021 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 32 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 39.7°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 38.4°C on Thu 22 Oct 2026.
- and the 2 days before it
Entered the ten hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 2nd of 7,199, on each of 3 days running.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 26th of 9,021.
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 | 39.3°C | 06:00 UTC | 27.4°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 38.1°C | 06:00 UTC | 28.4°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 39.6°C | 06:00 UTC | 27.9°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 40.7°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationBorroloola Aws37.6°C45.1 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyNGUKURR AIRPORT41.7°C237.4 km away
- Coldest nearbyRoper Valley11.6°C279.4 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 stored25.0°C on our first day here
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations88 of 7,311
- First time in the ten hottest reporting stations7 of 7,333
- 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 1,800 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Mcarthur River is
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16.43°S 136.08°E
Mcarthur River
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 Maps16.4333°S, 136.0833°E
Mcarthur River, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Mcarthur River?
The warmest month on record here is December, when the highest reading has reached 46.0°C (114.8°F) on Monday, 31 December 1990.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Mcarthur River?
The coldest month on record here is July, when the lowest reading has fallen to 1.0°C (33.8°F) on Thursday, 5 July 1984.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Mcarthur River?
46.0°C (114.8°F) on Monday, 31 December 1990. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1969. 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 Mcarthur River?
1.0°C (33.8°F) on Thursday, 5 July 1984. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1969.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Mcarthur River right now?
27.4°C (81.3°F), measured at 03:30 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
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), 1969 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