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The following table lists records of extreme temperature in territories of Oceania. Note that much of the available extreme temperature data recorded in the smaller Pacific Islands is of poor quality. The information here represents a reliable list of likely extreme temperatures to be found in this area of the world.


Territory Lowest Temperature Highest Temperature
T°C Place Date T°C Place Date
Oceania -23.0 Charlotte Pass Flag of Australia Australia 29 June 1994 50.7 Oodnadatta Flag of Australia Australia 2 January 1960
Flag of American Samoa American Samoa (US) 17.2 Pago Pago International Airport Tutuila [1][2] 2 September 1970 35.6 Pago Pago International Airport Tutuila [3] 27 February 1998
Flag of Australia Australia -23.0 Charlotte Pass New South Wales [4][5] 29 June 1994 50.7 Oodnadatta South Australia [6] 2 January 1960
Flag of Christmas Island Christmas Island (Aus.) 14.1 Christmas Island Aero [7] 18 June 1997 31.8 Christmas Island Aero [7] 30 November 1981
Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos Islands (Aus.) 18.3 Cocos Island Airport West Island (Pulo Panjang) [8][9] 6 August 1979 32.8 Cocos Island Airport West Island (Pulo Panjang)[8] 11 April 1998
Flag of the Cook Islands Cook Islands (NZ) 8.9 Rarotonga [10] 1965 35.1 Rakahanga [11][12] 13 April 1987, 30 November 1990, 11 December 1994 and 26 December 1994
Flag of Australia Coral Sea Islands Territory (Aus.) 16.4 Willis Island [13] 5 August 1930 35.2 Willis Island [13] 9 February 2002
Flag of Fiji Fiji 6.5 Nadrau Viti Levu [14] 14 August 1986 and 20 July 1987 39.4 Nacocolevu Viti Levu [14] February 1968
Flag of French Polynesia French Polynesia (Fr.) 8.5 Rapa Iti (Rapa) Archipel des Australes (Austral Islands) [15][16] 5 September 1972 35.3 Takaroa Archipel des Tuamotu (Tuamotu Archipelago) [15][17] 20 January 1998
Flag of Guam Guam (US) 18.3 Guam International Airport (Tiyan) [1][18][19] 7 February 1973, 2 January 1983, 27 January 1983 and 21 January 1987 35.0 Guam International Airport (Tiyan) [1][20] 30 June 1969 and 18 July 1969
Flag of Australia Heard and McDonald Islands (Aus.) -10.6 Heard Island [21] 21.6 Spit Bay Heard Island [22] April 1992
Flag of Kiribati Kiribati 20.0 Banaba [11] 13 February 1983 35.0 Butaritari [11] [23] 15 September, 21 September and 23 September 1998
Flag of the Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 20.0 Jabor Jaluit [24] 18 January 1957 34.4 Enewetak [1] 31 August 1966
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (Kwajalein Missile Range) Kwajalein [1] 4 January 1979 and 28 September 1984
Majuro [24] 28 November 1991
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia FS Micronesia 18.3 Yap Island WSO Airport [1] 17 December 1973 and 9 June 1975 36.1 Pohnpei WSO [1] 24 August and 25 August 2001
Pohnpei WSO [1] 25 November 1991
Flag of Nauru Nauru 20.3 Yaren [25] 35.9 Yaren [25][26]
Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia (Fr.) 2.3 Bourail [27] 17 June 1965 39.9 Boulouparis (Bouloupari) [27] 8 January 2002
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand -21.6 Ophir Otago province [28] 3 July 1995 42.4 Jordan and Rangiora Canterbury province [28] 7 February 1973
Flag of Niue Niue (NZ) 10.7 Vaipapahi [29][30] 34.3 Vaipapahi [29][31]
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (US) 17.8 Saipan International Airport [11] 27 January 1983 34.4 Saipan International Airport [11] 18 June 1993
Flag of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (Aus.) 6.2 Norfolk Island Aero [32] 29 July 1953 28.4 Norfolk Island Aero [32][33] 16 March 1990 and 11 February 1996
Flag of Palau Palau 19.4 Nekken Forestry Babeldaob [1] 27 December 1994, 29 January 1995, 30 January 1995, 25 February 1996 and 26 February 1996 34.4 Nekken Forestry [1][34] 10 June 1985
Koror WSO [1][34] 22 December 1998, 20 March 2000, 27 April 2001, 2 May 2001, 11 May 2001, 28 August 2001 and 30 August 2001
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea -2.3 Tambul Research Station Western Highlands province [35] September 1997 38.9 Lae Morobe province [11][36][37] 6 March 1956
Erap Morobe province [38][37]
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands (UK) 10.0 Adamstown [39][40] 11 September 1974 31.4 Henderson Island [41][42][43] February 1991 and March 1991
Flag of Samoa Samoa 11.1 Afiamalu ’Upolu [44] 35.3 Asau Savai’i [44]
Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 16.6 Honiara International Airport Guadalcanal [11] 10 August 1993 35.6 Tulaghi Nggela Sule [45]
Lata Nendo (Ndeni) [46]
Flag of Tokelau Tokelau (NZ) 19.0 Fakaofo [47] September 1947 35.5 Nukunonu [11] 18 April 1982 and 13 December 2006
Flag of Tonga Tonga 8.7 Fua’amotu Tongatapu [48] 8 September 1994 35.0 Vava’u [48] 11 February 1979
Flag of Tuvalu Tuvalu 20.0 Niulakita [11][49] 28 July 2003 35.3 Nui [11] 1 December 2000
Flag of the United States United States Minor Outlying Islands (US) 10.6 Sand Island Midway Atoll [50] 16 January, 25 March and 27 December 1977, and 28 February 1978 35.0 Wake Island Airfield [51][52] 14 September 1980, 16 August 1984 and 22 September 1984
Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu 8.5 Bauerfield International Airport (Port Vila) Éfaté [11] 24 July 1986 34.5 Bauerfield International Airport (Port Vila) Éfaté [11] 3 January 2002
Flag of Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna (Fr.) 18.4 Hihifo ’Uvea (Wallis Island) [53] 9 July 1978 34.9 Maopoopo Île Futuna [53] 16 January 2005

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Climate Explorer, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  2. ^ Numerous temperatures as low as 15°C reported from the airport prior to 1966 are unreliable.
  3. ^ Pago Pago WSO Airport, Pacific Ocean: Period of Record General Climate Summary – Temperature, Western Regional Climate Centre. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  4. ^ Climate Statistics for Australian Locations: Charlotte Pass (Kosciusko Chalet), Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  5. ^ Charlotte Pass is a ski resort with no permanent population. -20.6°C was reported from the town of Kiandra New South Wales on 2 August 1929, although it is now a ghost town.
  6. ^ Climate Statistics for Australian Locations: Oodnadatta Airport, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  7. ^ a b Monthly Climate Statistics, Christmas Island Aero, Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  8. ^ a b Monthly Climate Statistics, Cocos Island Airport, Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  9. ^ 17.8°C has been reported on West Island (Pulo Panjang) but this has not been verified.
  10. ^ Cook Islands Weather, The Cook Islands. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Global Summary of the Day (GSOD), National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  12. ^ 35.6°C reported from Aitutaki in December 1932 and February 1933 is possibly reliable.
  13. ^ a b Monthly Climate Statistics, Willis Island, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  14. ^ a b Fiji Meteorological Service.
  15. ^ a b Climat, Polynésie Française, Météo Polynésie Française. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
  16. ^ The reading was probably obtained in the town of Ahurei. Rapa Iti is the name of the island.
  17. ^ 36.1°C reported from Atuona Hiva ’Oa Îles Marquises (Marquesas Islands) on 15 December 1972 is possibly reliable. Higher temperatures reported in the same source are probably unreliable.
  18. ^ Lower temperatures reported from the Guam Weather Service Meteorological Office (WSMO) near Astumbo are probably unreliable.
  19. ^ Until 1995 this site was also known as the Agana Naval Air Station.
  20. ^ 35.6°C reported from the same place on 8 June 1987 is possibly reliable. All other temperatures of 35.0°C or more reported from Guam are probably unreliable.
  21. ^ Climates of the World, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  22. ^ A Description of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, Antarctic Division, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 March 2007.
  23. ^ Higher temperatures reported from Arorae are probably unreliable. 35.0°C has also been reported from Bonriki Tarawa.
  24. ^ a b Pacific Islands Annual Temperature Summary (F), Western Regional Climate Centre. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  25. ^ a b Klimatabelle für Yaren, wetter.com. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  26. ^ This reading is possibly unreliable, while 37.1°C reported from the same source is probably unreliable. 34.0°C was recorded at the Nauru Arc-2 station near Arijejen on 22 October 2003.
  27. ^ a b Quel temps fait-il en Nouvelle-Calédonie?, CyclonExtrème. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  28. ^ a b Q and A, Benmore Peak Observatory. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  29. ^ a b National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, New Zealand.
  30. ^ 8.0°C reported from Alofi in August 1976 is probably unreliable.
  31. ^ 35.1°C reported from Alofi is probably unreliable.
  32. ^ a b Monthly Climate Statistics, Norfolk Island, Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  33. ^ 31.7°C reported from Kingston is probably unreliable.
  34. ^ a b 35.0°C reported from Koror WSO on 3 June 1976 is unreliable.
  35. ^ Report of an Assessment of the Impacts of Frost and Drought in Papua New Guinea, The Australian National University (ANU). Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  36. ^ This reading may actually be 38.7°C but has been rounded to the nearest Fahrenheit equivalent (101°F).
  37. ^ a b 38.9°C reported from Samarai Milne Bay province is probably unreliable.
  38. ^ McAlpine,J.R., G. Keig and K.Short (1983). Climate of Papua New Guinea. CSIRO, Canberra. ISBN 0708116205.
  39. ^ CliFLo National Climate Database, New Zealand National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Limited (NIWA). Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  40. ^ This reading is possibly unreliable. 10.2°C was recorded on 4 October 1972 at the same place.
  41. ^ Impact of early Polynesian occupation on the land snail fauna of Henderson Island, Pitcairn group (South Pacific), The Royal Society. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  42. ^ Temperature records from Henderson Island only exist for the period February 1991 to January 1992.
  43. ^ Temperatures as high as 33.7°C reported from Adamstown on Pitcairn Island are probably unreliable. It is likely that the highest reliable temperature from Adamstown is 29.9°C on 24 January 1984.
  44. ^ a b Climate Change: Challenges for Samoa, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  45. ^ Tulagi, Solomon Islands, Weatherbase. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  46. ^ Lata, Solomon Islands, Weatherbase. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  47. ^ This reading is possibly unreliable. 22.8°C was recorded at Nukunonu on 10 July 1994 and 14 November 1997. Absolute minimum temperatures of 21°C or possibly 20°C are likely to occur in this region.
  48. ^ a b Climate Summary of Tonga, Tonga Meteorological Service. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  49. ^ 19.5°C reported from Nui is possibly reliable.
  50. ^ Midway Sand Island, Pacific Ocean (914490), Western Regional Climate Centre. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  51. ^ Wake Island WSO Ap, Pacific Ocean, Period of Record Daily Climate Summary, Western Regional Climate Centre. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  52. ^ 36.1°C reported from the same location on 18 August 2000 appears unreliable. Higher temperatures reported from Johnston Island also appear unreliable.
  53. ^ a b Climatologie des Îles Wallis et Futuna, Internet à Wallis et Futuna. Retrieved 13 November 2007.