- Record watch2.8°C from a recordThe November record here is 27.0°C, set on Sunday, 1 November 2026.The whole record book →
- The opposite of here81.8°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 Vanua Mbalavu Island stands
Its highest placing today was 722nd of 8,903, reached at 01:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 42 days recorded: 557th of 9,177.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Fiji on 3 of those 42 days.
Ranking as of 21:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | 26.7°C |
| 18:00 | 24.3°C |
| 00:00 | 23.5°C |
| 06:00 | 24.2°C |
The record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedJan
32.0°
Sun 26 Jan 2025
22.5°
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Feb
30.5°
Fri 14 Feb 2025
−39.3°
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Mar
30.6°
Mon 17 Mar 2025
23.2°
Sun 30 Mar 2025
Apr
−39.1°
Tue 14 Apr 2026
−39.2°
Thu 2 Apr 2026
May
29.7°
Record high
−39.0°C
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Record low
−39.2°C
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Average high
−39.0°C
all years on record
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Today is already hotter than 64% of all days recorded here since 2025.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 2025. - 2
At 12:00 it was 26.7°C. By 00:00 it was 23.5°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Today's high beats the record for 6 November
Today’s high 26.7°C against −39.0°C in 2025. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
32.0°C
- Date
- Sunday, 26 January 2025
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Vanua Mbalavu Island, Fiji
- Position
- 17.25°S 178.92°W · 5 m
The highest in available records since 2025. Source: GHCN-Daily, 2025 to 2026.
Lowest we have recorded
20.1°C
- Date
- Saturday, 26 September 2026
- Time of day
- 00:00 local
- Location
- Vanua Mbalavu Island, Fiji
- Position
- 17.25°S 178.92°W · 5 m
The lowest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 45 days.
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,900 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Vanua Mbalavu Island is
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17.25°S 178.92°W
Vanua Mbalavu Island
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 Maps17.2500°S, 178.9167°W
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 27.0°C | 23.5°C | 24.8°C | 6 | 18 |
| October 2026 | 26.8°C | 22.0°C | 23.9°C | 30 | 90 |
| September 2026 | 24.6°C | 20.1°C | 22.3°C | 8 of 9 | 28 |
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 stationLakemba27.7°C109.5 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyLambasa Arpt30.0°C205.1 km away
- Coldest nearbyMatuku23.8°C251.7 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
Vanua Mbalavu Island (WMO 91676) is a SYNOP weather station in Fiji, 5 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 45 of the 46 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 136 observations across the 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.2°C | +0.7°C | Counted | |
| low | 23.5°C | −0.8°C | Counted |
| 24.3°C | −2.4°C | Counted | |
| high | 26.7°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 23.5°C to 27.0°C, a spread of 3.5°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 722nd hottest of the 8,903 stations reporting.
Recent highlights
Reached 27.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 26.8°C on Tue 27 Oct 2026.
Fell to 22.0°C, its lowest of October, beating 22.6°C on Wed 14 Oct 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
27.0°C
Sun 1 Nov 2026 at 12:00 local
Lowest
20.1°C
Fri 25 Sep 2026 at 00:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Vanua Mbalavu Island since September 2026, across 45 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 27.0°C, lowest 20.1°C, mean 23.7°C. 45 days recorded from 136 readings.
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 | 26.7°C | 00:00 UTC | 23.5°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 26.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 23.7°C | 18:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 24.7°C | 06:00 UTC | 24.5°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 24.2°C | 18:00 UTC |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 45 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 15 days now. Its longest unbroken run is 30 days.
- First reading stored22.0°C on our first day here
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
Vanua Mbalavu Island, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Vanua Mbalavu Island?
The warmest month on record here is January, when the highest reading has reached 32.0°C (89.6°F) on Sunday, 26 January 2025.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Vanua Mbalavu Island?
The coldest month on record here is December, when the lowest reading has fallen to −39.4°C (−38.9°F) on Wednesday, 31 December 2025.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Vanua Mbalavu Island?
32.0°C (89.6°F) on Sunday, 26 January 2025. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 2025. 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 Vanua Mbalavu Island?
20.1°C (68.2°F) on Saturday, 26 September 2026. That is the lowest this site has recorded at this station.
Our own observations
What is the temperature in Vanua Mbalavu Island right now?
24.2°C (75.6°F), measured at 06:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
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), 2025 to 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 45 days, which hold the record shown above | 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