Friday, 4 April 2014

Environment

Global Temperature Extremes

The week's hottest temperature was 116.6 degrees Fahrenheit (47.0 degrees Celsius) at Wadi, Addawasir, Saudi Arabia.

The week's coldest temperature was minus 82.7 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 63.7 degrees Celsius) at America'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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