- RankColder than 99% of themOf the 8,721 stations reporting to us right now, only 4 are colder.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here64.3°C warmerKununurra Arpt, Australia is at 39.0°C at this same moment.Go to Kununurra Arpt →
Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where WILKINS RUNWAY EAST stands
Its highest placing today was 2nd of 7,135, reached at 00:16 UTC.
Ranking as of 03:46 UTC.
☀️ How −25.3°C comparesColder right now than every capital city we can read.It is colder here than in Longyearbyen (−7.0°C), Ulan Bator (−4.0°C) and Mariehamn (−2.0°C) at this moment. Those are the coldest capitals still warmer than here, so every other one on the list is further behind.
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 14:00 | −18.1°C |
| 20:00 | −22.3°C |
| 02:00 | −20.4°C |
| 08:00 | −25.3°C |
The record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedWe hold a record for one month here so far, October. The rest of the year fills in as this station reports through it.
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At 08:00 it was −25.3°C. By 08:00 it was −25.3°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Highest we have recorded
−10.7°C
- Date
- Thursday, 15 October 2026
- Time of day
- 14:00 local
- Location
- WILKINS RUNWAY EAST, Antarctica
- Position
- 66.68°S 111.53°E · 753 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 5 days.
Lowest we have recorded
−25.3°C
- Date
- Sunday, 18 October 2026
- Time of day
- 08:00 local
- Location
- WILKINS RUNWAY EAST, Antarctica
- Position
- 66.68°S 111.53°E · 753 m
The lowest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 5 days.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
−10.7°C
Thu 15 Oct 2026 at 14:00 local
Lowest
−25.3°C
Sun 18 Oct 2026 at 08:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for WILKINS RUNWAY EAST since October 2026, across 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | −10.7°C | −25.3°C | −18.8°C | 5 | 16 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 5 days since we started storing this station on 14 October 2026.
- Fewer readings than usual
- Slightly fewer readings than usual
- A full day of readings
Observations stored by HottestAndColdest. A day we were not yet tracking is shown as an empty square, and says nothing about whether the station reported.
WILKINS RUNWAY EAST (WMO 89615) is a SYNOP weather station in Antarctica, 753 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 14 October 2026, every one of the 5 days since, from 16 observations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | −25.3°C | −4.9°C | Counted |
| −20.4°C | +1.9°C | Counted | |
| −22.3°C | −4.2°C | Counted | |
| −18.1°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 5 days here, running from −25.3°C to −10.7°C, a spread of 14.6°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 4 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 2nd coldest of the 7,135 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- It has stayed below freezing on every one of the 5 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Entered the ten coldest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 3rd of 7,234.
Entered the hundred coldest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 17th of 7,148.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest −10.7°C, lowest −25.3°C, mean −18.8°C. 5 days recorded from 16 readings.
Recent days
Typically 4 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | −25.3°C | 00:00 UTC | −25.3°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-17 | −18.1°C | 06:00 UTC | −22.3°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-16 | −21.7°C | 12:00 UTC | −23.1°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-15 | −10.7°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationCasey−14.5°C63.5 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyBUNGER HILLS−15.4°C489 km away
- Coldest nearbyMirnyj−17.1°C817.4 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereKununurra Arpt39.0°CAustralia
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Wed 14 Oct 2026.
- First reading stored−12.7°C on our first day here
- First time in the hundred coldest reporting stations17 of 7,148
- First time in the ten coldest reporting stations5 of 7,524
Where this station is
This station lies about 7,400 km south of the equator. It is inside the Antarctic Circle, about 10 km beyond it.
Where WILKINS RUNWAY EAST is
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66.68°S 111.53°E
WILKINS RUNWAY EAST
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-10-17, 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 Maps66.6831°S, 111.5317°E
WILKINS RUNWAY EAST, answered from the data
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in WILKINS RUNWAY EAST?
−10.7°C (12.7°F) on Thursday, 15 October 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 WILKINS RUNWAY EAST?
−25.3°C (−13.5°F) on Sunday, 18 October 2026. That is the lowest this site has recorded at this station.
Our own observations
What is the temperature in WILKINS RUNWAY EAST right now?
−25.3°C (−13.5°F), measured at 08:00 local on Sunday 18 October.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is WILKINS RUNWAY EAST the coldest place on Earth?
Not right now: it is 5th of the 8,721 stations reporting to us. Its best position since we started watching is 2nd of 7,524. We rank the stations that report to us, which is not the same as every place on Earth.
Our live rankings
Where does WILKINS RUNWAY EAST rank among the coldest places in Antarctica?
Right now it is 5th coldest of the 40 stations we track in Antarctica.
Our live rankings
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 |
| 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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