Friday 18 January 2013

Environment

Global Temperature Extremes


The week's hottest temperature was 121.3 degrees Fahrenheit (49.6 degrees Celsius) at Moomba, New South Wales, Australia.


The week's coldest temperature was minus 66.3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 54.6 degrees Celsius) at Russia's Siberian outpost of Oimyakon.


Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.

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