> From the WeatherWatch archives
Ever wondered where the world’s most extreme environments are? The hottest, the coldest, the wettest – the deepest under the sea?
Well our friends at Weather.com have put together the Top 10 Most Extreme Environments.
Here’s a sneak peak at the top 4 – click the link below for the full 10.
The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -89.4 Celsius at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.
Source: National Climatic Data Center
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T.C on 10/11/2010 9:59am
I like some other facts including:
Fastest temperature rise in 2 minutes was 27 degrees Celsius ( like canterbury’s NW on steroids!)
And lowest drop in 15 minutes was 26 degrees.
RW on 9/11/2010 8:19pm
Unfortunately, the Azizia claim keeps reappearing. It has long been discredited, along with a large collection of dodgy numbers. The Death Valley 134F value in 1913 is regarded as extremely doubtful. There is in fact not a single reading over about 130F (54.5C) that is “solid”.
This link gives an excellent commentary on the matter:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=3