Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Midelt stands
Its highest placing today was 1,509th of 7,474, reached at 18:16 UTC.
Ranking as of 21:31 UTC.
☀️ How 12.2°C comparesA typical April afternoon in Saint Peter Port.Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, typically reaches 11.9°C in April, averaged over every April day its archive holds. Not a published climate normal: it is the mean of what we hold.
The last 24 hours
Local timeInsufficient recent observations to produce a 24-hour temperature chart.
37 Octobers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
24.0°
Thu 2 Jan 2003
−10.8°
Fri 28 Jan 2005
Feb
24.8°
Sat 27 Feb 2010
−5.7°
Wed 2 Feb 2011
Mar
28.5°
Thu 31 Mar 2005
−4.6°
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Apr
32.1°
Fri 28 Apr 2023
−3.0°
Tue 13 Apr 1976
May
34.8°
Record high
29.8°C
Mon 7 Oct 2019
Record low
5.0°C
Sun 7 Oct 1984
Average high
24.0°C
all years on record
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Midelt has dropped below freezing on 1006 nights since 1965. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1965. - 2
Today is colder than 87% of all days recorded here since 1965.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1965. Shown only once the station has reported most of the day, because a day's high can still rise. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 78.7°C colder than Midelt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Midelt has ever recorded, −10.8°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −66.5°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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17.6°C short of the record for 7 October
Today’s high 12.2°C against 29.8°C in 2019. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
40.7°C
- Date
- Thursday, 11 July 2024
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Midelt, Morocco
- Position
- 32.68°N 4.73°W · 1508 m
The highest in available records since 1965. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1965 to 2026.
All-time record low
−10.8°C
- Date
- Friday, 28 January 2005
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Midelt, Morocco
- Position
- 32.68°N 4.73°W · 1508 m
The lowest in available records since 1965. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1965 to 2026.
Where this station is
This station lies about 3,600 km north of the equator.
Where Midelt is
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32.68°N 4.73°W
Midelt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-10-06, 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 Maps32.6833°N, 4.7333°W
What stands out here
- At 1,508 m, this is the 1st highest of the 42 stations we track in Morocco.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
16.5°C
Fri 2 Oct 2026 at 12:00 local
Lowest
10.8°C
Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 06:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Midelt since September 2026, across 5 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Midelt (WMO 60195) is a SYNOP weather station in Morocco, 1,508 m above sea level, about 1 km from Midelt.
We have kept a daily record here for 5 of the 10 days since 28 September 2026, from 5 observations.
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 | 12.2°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 1 reading counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 4 days here, running from 10.8°C to 16.5°C, a spread of 5.7°C.
Its best placing today was 1,509th coldest of the 7,474 stations reporting.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Midelt’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 16.5°C | 10.8°C | - | 4 | 4 |
| September 2026 | 14.9°C | 14.9°C | - | 1 | 1 |
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 16.5°C, lowest 10.8°C. 5 days recorded from 5 readings.
Recent days
Typically 1 reading a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 12.2°C | 18:00 UTC | 12.2°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-05 | 10.8°C | 06:00 UTC | 10.8°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-02 | 16.5°C | 12:00 UTC | 16.5°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-01 | 15.6°C | 18:00 UTC | 15.6°C |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationErrachidia/Cherif Arpt28.0°C87.6 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyBeni-Mellal Arpt26.0°C151.9 km away
- Coldest nearbyFes/Saïss Arpt16.0°C140 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−66.5°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 5 of the 10 days since we started storing this station on 28 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 1 day now. Its longest unbroken run is 2 days.
- First reading stored14.9°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country14.9°C
Midelt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Midelt?
The warmest month on record here is July, when the highest reading has reached 40.7°C (105.3°F) on Thursday, 11 July 2024.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Midelt?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to −10.8°C (12.6°F) on Friday, 28 January 2005.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Midelt?
40.7°C (105.3°F) on Thursday, 11 July 2024. 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 Midelt?
−10.8°C (12.6°F) on Friday, 28 January 2005. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1965.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Midelt right now?
12.2°C (54.0°F), measured at 18:00 local on Wednesday 7 October.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Midelt the coldest 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, 5 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.
58 readings from this station have been refused in the 12 days since readings began being logged against individual stations.
- The reading is recent enough for its network: 47
- Agrees with the stations around it: 11
- 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.