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11:32am, 12th February
> 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.
Hottest Place on Earth
El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 57.8 Celsius on Sept. 13, 1922 — the hottest ever measured.
Source: National Climatic Data Center
The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -89.4 Celsius at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.
Source: National Climatic Data Center
Mount Everest, at 8850 metres above sea level
Source: National Climatic Data Center
The deepest known point on Earth is at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The bottom of the trench is believed to be more than 10.668 kilometres below sea level.
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.
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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
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