Environment

Global Temperature Extremes

The year 2014's hottest temperature was 126.0 degrees Fahrenheit (52.2 degrees Celsius) at Death Valley, California on July 13.

The year 2014's coldest temperature was minus 113.4 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 80.8 degrees Celsius) at Russia's Vostok Antarctic research station on August 20.

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.