Rio Gallegos Intl
Weather station · 51.6°S 69.3°W · 18 m above sea level
ICAO SAWGWMO 87925Station data since 1956
Record high
20.4°C
in 1978
Record low
−5.4°C
in 2011
Average high
12.5°C
all years on record
16.4°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 4.0°C against 20.4°C in 1978. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
35.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 30 January 1975
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Rio Gallegos Intl, Argentina
- Position
- 51.61°S 69.31°W · 18 m
Highest highest in available records since 1956. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−20.2°C
- Date
- Monday, 12 July 1982
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Rio Gallegos Intl, Argentina
- Position
- 51.61°S 69.31°W · 18 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1956. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Rio Gallegos Intl is
51.61°S 69.31°W
Records by month
Jan
35.0°
−0.9°
Feb
34.0°
−3.5°
Mar
32.0°
−7.8°
Apr
28.2°
−11.0°
May
22.6°
−14.5°
Jun
17.0°
−18.2°
Jul
16.1°
−20.2°
Aug
18.1°
−12.7°
Sep
24.9°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 4.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 2.0°C | 04:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 8.0°C | 17:00 UTC | 5.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Rio Gallegos AerodromeArgentina1.8 km
- Santa Cruz AerodromeArgentina184.6 km
- Punta ArenasChile187.2 km
- Punta Arenas ArptChile187.7 km
- Porvenir/Martinez ArptCL195.6 km
- Puerta Natales/GallaCL223.1 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), 1956 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
