- RankHotter than 99% of themOf the 9,303 stations reporting to us right now, only 68 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here93.1°C colderDavis Lgb 46 Aws, Antarctica is at −57.6°C at this same moment.Go to Davis Lgb 46 Aws →
Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Tahoua stands
Its highest placing today was 30th of 9,421, reached at 17:45 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 3rd of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 10 on 7 of those 43 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Niger on 6 of those 43 days.
Ranking as of 21:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 01:00 | 26.6°C |
| 07:00 | 24.2°C |
| 13:00 | 38.4°C |
| 19:00 | 35.5°C |
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
39.6°
Tue 13 Jan 1987
8.0°
Thu 12 Jan 1995
Feb
42.0°
Fri 16 Feb 1973
3.3°
Tue 1 Feb 1983
Mar
44.0°
Mon 19 Mar 1973
12.3°
Wed 4 Mar 1987
Apr
45.5°
Mon 19 Apr 2004
16.0°
Sat 3 Apr 1976
May
48.5°
Record high
39.0°C
Sat 6 Nov 2004
Record low
17.6°C
Sun 6 Nov 1988
Average high
36.5°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 68% of all days recorded here since 1961.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1961. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 48.0°C.
From our dataRecord high 51.3°C against record low 3.3°C. - 3
At 07:00 it was 24.2°C. By 13:00 it was 38.4°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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0.6°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 38.4°C against 39.0°C in 2004. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
51.3°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 6 June 2023
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Tahoua, Niger
- Position
- 14.90°N 5.25°E · 386 m
The highest in available records since 1961. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1961 to 2025.
All-time record low
3.3°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 1 February 1983
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Tahoua, Niger
- Position
- 14.90°N 5.25°E · 386 m
The lowest in available records since 1961. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1961 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 40.1°C, lowest 22.0°C, mean 31.0°C. 46 days recorded from 146 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Tahoua’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 40.1°C | 22.6°C | 32.3°C | 6 | 22 |
| October 2026 | 38.9°C | 22.3°C | 31.2°C | 31 | 99 |
| September 2026 | 35.8°C | 22.0°C | 29.0°C | 8 of 9 | 25 |
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.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
40.1°C
Wed 4 Nov 2026 at 13:00 local
Lowest
22.0°C
Wed 23 Sep 2026 at 01:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Tahoua since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Tahoua (DRRT) is a SYNOP weather station in Niger, 386 m above sea level, about 2 km from Tahoua.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 46 days this site has existed. We have stored 146 observations across the 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35.5°C | −2.9°C | Counted | |
| high | 38.4°C | +14.2°C | Counted |
| low | 24.2°C | −2.4°C | Counted |
| 26.6°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 22.6°C to 40.1°C, a spread of 17.5°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 30th hottest of the 9,421 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 3rd hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 33 days.
- Its widest single day so far swung 16.7°C between low and high.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 40.1°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 39.9°C on Mon 2 Nov 2026.
Entered the ten hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 3rd of 9,295.
- and the 7 days before it
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 13th of 9,493, on each of 8 days running.
Its low of 22.0°C was the lowest of the 21 stations we hold in Niger.
Fell to 22.3°C, its lowest of October, beating 22.5°C on Sun 18 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 3 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 38.4°C | 12:00 UTC | 24.2°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 39.8°C | 12:00 UTC | 24.3°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 40.1°C | 12:00 UTC | 27.2°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 39.9°C | 12:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationTahoua Arpt40.0°C3.2 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyNiamey/Hamani Intl41.0°C367.6 km away
- Coldest nearbyMaradi20.6°C253.6 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 46 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 stored34.8°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country22.0°C
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations56 of 8,736
- First time in the ten hottest reporting stations9 of 9,162
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,700 km north of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Tahoua is
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14.90°N 5.25°E
Tahoua
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-05, 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 Maps14.9000°N, 5.2500°E
Tahoua, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Tahoua?
The warmest month on record here is June, when the highest reading has reached 51.3°C (124.3°F) on Tuesday, 6 June 2023.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Tahoua?
The coldest month on record here is February, when the lowest reading has fallen to 3.3°C (37.9°F) on Tuesday, 1 February 1983.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Tahoua?
51.3°C (124.3°F) on Tuesday, 6 June 2023. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1961. 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 Tahoua?
3.3°C (37.9°F) on Tuesday, 1 February 1983. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1961.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Tahoua right now?
35.5°C (95.9°F), measured at 19:00 local on Friday 6 November. That is the 69th hottest of the 9,303 stations reporting to us.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins. SYNOP is the surface synoptic report that national weather services file to the WMO, typically at the main hours of 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC and often three hourly between them. It covers places with no airport, which is why the coldest readings on Earth arrive this way.
| 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), 1961 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 46 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