Upington Arpt
Weather station · 28.4°S 21.3°E · 845 m above sea level
ICAO FAUPWMO 68424Station data since 1951
Record high
37.3°C
in 1984
Record low
1.7°C
in 2012
Average high
29.4°C
all years on record
14.3°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 23.0°C against 37.3°C in 1984. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
45.3°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 5 January 2016
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Upington Arpt, South Africa
- Position
- 28.40°S 21.26°E · 845 m
Highest highest in available records since 1951. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−7.9°C
- Date
- Sunday, 10 June 1956
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Upington Arpt, South Africa
- Position
- 28.40°S 21.26°E · 845 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1951. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Upington Arpt is
28.40°S 21.26°E
Every year on record
1951 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 71 years with data: +0.65 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
45.3°
8.5°
Feb
44.1°
8.6°
Mar
42.3°
0.0°
Apr
38.1°
−0.9°
May
34.8°
−3.1°
Jun
31.1°
−7.9°
Jul
30.8°
−6.6°
Aug
34.4°
−7.0°
Sep
39.3°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 23.0°C | 07:17 UTC | 17.0°C | 02:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 22.0°C | 18:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 22:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 201.6 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- PRIESKASouth Africa201.6 km
- VanwyksvleiSouth Africa222.9 km
- BRANDVLEISouth Africa241.2 km
- Kimberley ArptSouth Africa345.7 km
- Springbok ArptSouth Africa354 km
- De AarSouth Africa357.3 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), 1951 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
