Global Temperature Extremes
The week's hottest temperature was 109.8 degrees Fahrenheit (42.9 degrees Celsius) at Nouakchott, Mauritania.
The week's coldest temperature was minus 90.5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 68.1 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 Organisation sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
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