Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 13.0°C
- Humidity
- 50%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- NNE 20°, 22 km/h
- Pressure
- 1023.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
Where Waterkloof stands
Its highest placing today was 1,103rd of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 84th of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 1 of those 44 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in South Africa on 7 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedWe hold a record for 3 months here so far, September and October and November. The rest of the year fills in as this station reports through it.
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Right now Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is 73.5°C colder than Waterkloof. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 2
The coldest night Waterkloof has ever recorded, −3.0°C, would pass for a warm spell at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is −49.5°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
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Highest we have recorded
34.0°C
- Date
- Sunday, 1 November 2026
- Time of day
- 16:00 local
- Location
- Waterkloof, South Africa
- Position
- 25.83°S 28.22°E · 1496 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 47 days.
All-time record low
−3.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Waterkloof, South Africa
- Position
- 25.83°S 28.22°E · 1496 m
The lowest in available records since 2013. Source: GHCN-Daily, 2013 to 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 24.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 23.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted | |
| 22.0°C | +2.0°C | Counted | |
| 20.0°C | +2.0°C |
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.
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationPretoria/Wonderboom Arpt26.0°C19.5 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyLanseria Intl25.0°C32.1 km away
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waterkloof (FAWK) is a METAR weather station in South Africa, 1,496 m above sea level, about 5 km from Centurion.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,013 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 16.0°C to 34.0°C, a spread of 18.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 23 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 1,103rd hottest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 84th hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide.
- Its widest single day so far swung 17.0°C between low and high.
- It has passed 30°C on 4 of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 34.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 32.0°C on Sat 31 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 84th of 5,047.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
34.0°C
Sun 1 Nov 2026 at 16:00 local
Lowest
7.0°C
Thu 1 Oct 2026 at 05:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Waterkloof 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 month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 34.0°C | 16.0°C | 23.3°C | 7 | 143 |
| October 2026 | 32.0°C | 7.0°C | 21.8°C | 31 | 680 |
| September 2026 | 29.0°C | 9.0°C | 18.5°C | 8 of 9 | 190 |
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.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 34.0°C, lowest 7.0°C, mean 21.4°C. 47 days recorded from 1,013 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 24 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 24.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 17.0°C | 02:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 31.0°C | 14:00 UTC | 17.0°C | 02:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 32.0°C | 13:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 23:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 31.0°C | 13:00 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 stored21.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations84 of 5,047
Where this station is
This station lies about 2,900 km south of the equator.
Where Waterkloof is
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25.83°S 28.22°E
Waterkloof
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 Maps25.8300°S, 28.2230°E
Waterkloof, answered from the data
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Waterkloof?
34.0°C (93.2°F) on Sunday, 1 November 2026. That is the highest this site has recorded at this station. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
Our own observations
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Waterkloof?
−3.0°C (26.6°F) on Wednesday, 14 July 2021. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 2013.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Waterkloof right now?
24.0°C (75.2°F), measured at 11:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Waterkloof the hottest place on Earth?
Not right now: it is 1,580th of the 8,970 stations reporting to us. Its best position since we started watching is 84th of 9,581. We rank the stations that report to us, which is not the same as every place on Earth.
Our live rankings
Where does Waterkloof rank among the hottest places in South Africa?
Right now it is 12th hottest of the 101 stations we track in South Africa.
Our live rankings
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), 2013 to 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 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.
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Inside the range of measured temperature