PARKES AIRPORT AWS

Weather station · 33.1°S 148.2°E · 326 m above sea level

WMO 95717Station data since 1997

Right now25.7°C06:00 UTC · 1 h 8 min agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far25.7°/25.7°High at 06:00 UTC · low at 06:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high45.9°CSaturday, 11 February 2017 · highest in available records since 1997Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−6.6°CSunday, 15 July 2018 · lowest in available records since 1997Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

32.1°C

in 2017

Record low

−1.2°C

in 2025

Average high

22.1°C

all years on record

Record watch

6.4°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high 25.7°C against 32.1°C in 2017. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

45.9°C

Date: Saturday, 11 February 2017
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: PARKES AIRPORT AWS, Australia
Position: 33.13°S 148.24°E · 326 m

Highest highest in available records since 1997. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−6.6°C

Date: Sunday, 15 July 2018
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: PARKES AIRPORT AWS, Australia
Position: 33.13°S 148.24°E · 326 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1997. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Records by month

Jan

44.8°

4.0°

Feb

45.9°

5.1°

Mar

40.0°

2.3°

Apr

34.5°

−3.0°

May

27.0°

−4.0°

Jun

23.1°

−5.0°

Jul

22.1°

−6.6°

Aug

25.0°

−6.0°

Sep

32.1°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at PARKES AIRPORT AWS, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	25.7°C	06:00 UTC	25.7°C	06:00 UTC

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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), 1997 to 2026	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated