Vostok

Weather station · 78.5°S 106.9°E · 3420 m above sea level

WMO 89606Station data since 1979

Right now−72.5°C12:00 UTC · 5 h agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far−72.5°/−72.5°High at 12:00 UTC · low at 12:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high−12.2°CFriday, 11 January 2002 · highest in available records since 1979Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−85.6°CWednesday, 9 September 1998 · lowest in available records since 1979Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 22 September

Record high

−43.1°C

in 2014

Record low

−76.6°C

in 1993

Average high

−58.2°C

all years on record

Record watch

29.4°C short of the record for 22 September

Today’s high −72.5°C against −43.1°C in 2014. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

−12.2°C

Date: Friday, 11 January 2002
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Vostok, Antarctica
Position: 78.45°S 106.87°E · 3420 m

Highest highest in available records since 1979. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−85.6°C

Date: Wednesday, 9 September 1998
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Vostok, Antarctica
Position: 78.45°S 106.87°E · 3420 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1979. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Vostok · −72.5°C

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Records by month

Jan

−12.2°

−55.1°

Feb

−22.2°

−60.7°

Mar

−25.6°

−76.3°

Apr

−42.7°

−80.4°

May

−40.0°

−81.2°

Jun

−38.4°

−82.2°

Jul

−36.5°

−84.6°

Aug

−34.1°

−85.4°

Sep

−34.3°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Vostok, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-22	−72.5°C	12:00 UTC	−72.5°C	12:00 UTC

Nearby stations

The nearest other station is 1289.2 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
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), 1979 to 2026	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated