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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is February, averaging a high of 27°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 9°C.

Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town located to the east of the city centre on the Cape Flats, south of the N2 highway. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are Athlone Stadium and the decommissioned coal-burning Athlone Power Station. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 16°C Above Normal · 73rd pct
Low 6°C Very Low · 8th pct
Feels-like 5°C Below Normal · 36th pct
Humidity 9.0 g/m³ Normal · 57th pct
Wind 5 km/h Near Record · 1st pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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Athlone average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is June (5 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 27°C 16°C 0 mm
February 27°C 17°C 0 mm
March 26°C 16°C 0 mm
April 23°C 14°C 3 mm
May 20°C 12°C 3 mm
June 17°C 10°C 5 mm
July 15°C 9°C 5 mm
August 16°C 9°C 3 mm
September 17°C 10°C 3 mm
October 21°C 11°C 3 mm
November 23°C 13°C 3 mm
December 26°C 15°C 0 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 39°C on 2003-02-10
  • Coldest day on record: 3°C on 2021-07-23

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Percentiles compare each day to Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →