Mercury/Desert Rock
Weather station · 36.6°N 116.0°W · 988 m above sea level
ICAO KDRAWMO 72387Station data since 1978
Record high
36.7°C
in 2003
Record low
8.9°C
in 2016
Average high
31.0°C
all years on record
9.5°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 27.2°C against 36.7°C in 2003. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
45.6°C
- Date
- Sunday, 11 July 2021
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Mercury/Desert Rock, United States
- Position
- 36.62°N 116.03°W · 988 m
Highest highest in available records since 1978. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−14.4°C
- Date
- Saturday, 22 December 1990
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Mercury/Desert Rock, United States
- Position
- 36.62°N 116.03°W · 988 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1978. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Mercury/Desert Rock is
36.62°N 116.03°W
Mercury/Desert Rock
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, 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.
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Today is already hotter than 56% of all days recorded here since 1978.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1978. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 60.0°C.
From our dataRecord high 45.6°C against record low −14.4°C. - 3
At 08:53 UTC this morning it was 17.2°C. By 00:53 UTC it was 27.2°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1978 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 47 years with data: +0.45 °C per decade
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.
Records by month
Jan
25.0°
−10.6°
Feb
28.3°
−11.7°
Mar
33.3°
−5.0°
Apr
35.6°
−5.0°
May
41.1°
0.6°
Jun
45.0°
4.4°
Jul
45.6°
10.6°
Aug
44.4°
11.1°
Sep
43.3°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 27.2°C | 00:53 UTC | 17.2°C | 08:53 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 28.3°C | 23:53 UTC | 17.2°C | 14:53 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, 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), 1978 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |