Friday 16 August 2013

Environment

Global Temperature Extremes

The week's hottest temperature was 117.0 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 degrees Celsius) at Death Valley, California, USA.

The week's coldest temperature was minus 80.1 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.3 degrees Celsius) at Russia's Vostok Antarctic research station.

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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