Palmer Station

Weather station · 64.8°S 64.1°W · 8 m above sea level

WMO 89061Station data since 1980

Right now−4.8°C12:00 UTC · 5 h agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far−4.8°/−5.1°High at 12:00 UTC · low at 06:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high11.6°CMonday, 8 March 2010 · highest in available records since 1980Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−32.0°CSunday, 27 July 1980 · lowest in available records since 1980Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 22 September

Record high

0.4°C

in 2007

Record low

−14.7°C

in 2017

Average high

−2.7°C

all years on record

Record watch

5.2°C short of the record for 22 September

Today’s high −4.8°C against 0.4°C in 2007. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

11.6°C

Date: Monday, 8 March 2010
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Palmer Station, Antarctica
Position: 64.77°S 64.08°W · 8 m

Highest highest in available records since 1980. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−32.0°C

Date: Sunday, 27 July 1980
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Palmer Station, Antarctica
Position: 64.77°S 64.08°W · 8 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1980. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Palmer Station · −4.8°C

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Records by month

Jan

10.6°

−4.0°

Feb

9.8°

−4.4°

Mar

11.6°

−9.0°

Apr

7.8°

−11.3°

May

9.0°

−12.6°

Jun

6.4°

−13.5°

Jul

4.9°

−32.0°

Aug

6.1°

−23.0°

Sep

5.5°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Palmer Station, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-22	−4.8°C	12:00 UTC	−5.1°C	06:00 UTC

Nearby stations

The nearest other station is 293.5 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
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), 1980 to 2025	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated