Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 16.0°C
- Humidity
- 100%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- N 10°, 9 km/h
- Pressure
- 999.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 8.0 km
Where Santa Maria Island Arpt stands
Its highest placing today was 1,340th of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 896th of 9,009.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Portugal on 13 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
22.0°
Fri 19 Jan 2007
0.5°
Fri 1 Jan 1993
Feb
24.0°
Wed 5 Feb 1975
0.9°
Fri 7 Feb 1986
Mar
23.6°
Thu 30 Mar 1995
5.0°
Wed 24 Mar 1976
Apr
24.5°
Wed 24 Apr 2002
6.8°
Wed 24 Apr 1991
May
28.0°
Record high
23.3°C
Sun 7 Nov 2021
Record low
11.8°C
Wed 7 Nov 1984
Average high
20.6°C
all years on record
- 1
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 30.6°C.
From our dataRecord high 31.1°C against record low 0.5°C. - 2
At 23:00 it was 18.0°C. By 05:30 it was 16.0°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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5.3°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 18.0°C against 23.3°C in 2021. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
31.1°C
- Date
- Monday, 17 October 1955
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Santa Maria Island Arpt, Portugal
- Position
- 36.97°N 25.17°W · 96 m
The highest in available records since 1953. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1953 to 2022.
All-time record low
0.5°C
- Date
- Friday, 1 January 1993
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Santa Maria Island Arpt, Portugal
- Position
- 36.97°N 25.17°W · 96 m
The lowest in available records since 1953. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1953 to 2022.
Where this station is
This station lies about 4,100 km north of the equator.
Where Santa Maria Island Arpt is
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36.97°N 25.17°W
Santa Maria Island Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, 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 Maps36.9710°N, 25.1710°W
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 22.0°C | 14.0°C | 18.7°C | 7 | 307 |
| October 2026 | 25.0°C | 14.0°C | 20.1°C | 31 | 1,434 |
| September 2026 | 26.0°C | 15.0°C | 21.2°C | 8 of 9 | 380 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationPonta Delgada/Paulo II Arpt17.0°C97.4 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyHorta Arpt18.0°C356.5 km away
- Coldest nearbyLajes Acores Arpt13.0°C260.9 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
Santa Maria Island Arpt (LPAZ) is a METAR weather station in Portugal, 96 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 2,121 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 16.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 16.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 16.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 14.0°C to 22.0°C, a spread of 8.0°C.
It reports about every 30 minutes, and sent 48 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 1,340th hottest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
Recent highlights
Fell to 14.0°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 15.0°C on Wed 30 Sep 2026.
- and the 1 days before it
Its low of 16.0°C was the lowest of the 21 stations we hold in Portugal, on each of 2 days running.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
26.0°C
Fri 25 Sep 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
14.0°C
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 07:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Santa Maria Island Arpt since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 26.0°C, lowest 14.0°C, mean 20.1°C. 47 days recorded from 2,121 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 48 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 18.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 16.0°C | 06:30 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 22.0°C | 13:30 UTC | 18.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 22.0°C | 15:30 UTC | 18.0°C | 03:30 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 20.0°C | 16:00 UTC |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored26.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country15.0°C
- 1,000 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Santa Maria Island Arpt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Santa Maria Island Arpt?
The warmest month on record here is October, when the highest reading has reached 31.1°C (88.0°F) on Monday, 17 October 1955.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Santa Maria Island Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to 0.5°C (32.9°F) on Friday, 1 January 1993.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Santa Maria Island Arpt?
31.1°C (88.0°F) on Monday, 17 October 1955. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1953. 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 Santa Maria Island Arpt?
0.5°C (32.9°F) on Friday, 1 January 1993. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1953.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Santa Maria Island Arpt right now?
16.0°C (60.8°F), measured at 08:30 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| 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), 1953 to 2022 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 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.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 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.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature