Narssarssuaq Arpt
Weather station · 61.2°N 45.4°W · 49 m above sea level
ICAO BGBWWMO 04270Station data since 1961
Record high
17.8°C
in 2010
Record low
−4.1°C
in 1982
Average high
8.8°C
all years on record
13.8°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 4.0°C against 17.8°C in 2010. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
24.8°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 29 May 2012
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Narssarssuaq Arpt, Greenland
- Position
- 61.16°N 45.42°W · 49 m
Highest highest in available records since 1961. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−39.8°C
- Date
- Monday, 23 January 1984
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Narssarssuaq Arpt, Greenland
- Position
- 61.16°N 45.42°W · 49 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1961. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Narssarssuaq Arpt is
61.16°N 45.42°W
Narssarssuaq Arpt
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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Narssarssuaq Arpt has dropped below freezing on 10297 nights since 1961. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1961. - 2
Today is colder than 61% of all days recorded here since 1961.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1961. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 73.2°C colder than Narssarssuaq Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Narssarssuaq Arpt has ever recorded, −39.8°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1961 to 2021
Annual average · °C
Trend over 55 years with data: +0.23 °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
14.3°
−39.8°
Feb
15.4°
−32.8°
Mar
16.6°
−30.3°
Apr
19.1°
−23.2°
May
24.8°
−16.8°
Jun
22.6°
−3.3°
Jul
23.6°
0.0°
Aug
24.0°
−0.1°
Sep
22.4°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 4.0°C | 00:50 UTC | 0.0°C | 05:50 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 8.0°C | 16:50 UTC | 4.0°C | 22:50 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Qaqortoq ArptGreenland56.7 km
- JulianehaabGreenland60.4 km
- AngisoqGreenland132.1 km
- NunarsuitGreenland168.2 km
- Prins Christian SundGreenland175 km
- IkermiuarsukGreenland197.8 km
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), 1961 to 2021 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |