Friday 18 September 2015

Environment

Global Temperature Extremes

The week's hottest temperature was 118.0 degrees Fahrenheit (47.8 degrees Celsius) at Death Valley, California, USA.

The week's coldest temperature was minus 103.2 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 75.1 degrees Celsius) at the U.S. Amundsen–Scott South Pole 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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