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I would like this thread to gather in one place every possible weather records, like some kind of Weather Guinness Book of Records. It should be much more comprehensive than just the very well known facts such as warmest temperature ever recorded and so on, but also include more detailed stuff including what we have been researching and debating (lowest latitude with a frost, most northern XXX-type of climate, biggest temp swing in one day, hottest country, country with warmest record lows, etc. pretty much ANYTHING you judge interesting.) The aim is to get a list we could later save as a pdf or something. The thread should hence be updated frequently; everyone is welcome to participate and add categories. I am not home yet so I won't start typing the first categories right now but I'll contribute very soon!
Warmest temperature ever recorded (officially): 57.8°C Aziziya, Libya on Sept 13, 1922 (controversial)
Warmest temperature reliably recorded: 56.7°C Death Valley, CA in 1913
Hottest place on average (summer highs): 46.9°C in July, Death Valley CA
Hottest place on average (year round): 34.4°C Dallol, Ethiopia
This details a short-term heat wave that hit Santa Barbara in June of 1859 and like the problematic 134 (56+) registered in Death Valley in 1913, is apocraphyl. Something of this nature did hit the coast then and it was very unpleasant for those living there at the time but the temperature extremes and the reported damage resulting from the heat blast have never been thoroughly vetted.
If further investigation reveals this to be authenthic; to be really real, then the small coastal California village of Goleta has the odd distinction of having the highest verified temperature ever recorded on the North American continent.
Coldest recorded temperature on earth: −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at Vostok Station, Antarctica
Coldest temperature recorded outside Antarctica: −68 °C (−90 °F) at Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon, Russia
Coldest location on average: Vostok Station, Antarctica, annual temperature −55.2 °C (−67.4 °F)
Snowiest location on earth: Paradise, Washington, 651.5 in (1,654.8 cm)
Snowiest town: Kutchan, Hokkaido, 1,135 cm (446.9 in)
Snowiest major city: Sapporo, Hokkaido, 630 cm (248 in)
Warmest temperature ever recorded (officially): 57.8°C Aziziya, Libya on Sept 13, 1922 (controversial)
Warmest temperature reliably recorded: 56.7°C Death Valley, CA in 1913
Hottest place on average (summer highs): 46.9°C in July, Death Valley CA
Hottest place on average (year round): 34.4°C Dallol, Ethiopia
More to come soon
How about strongest surface wind on earth?
It used to be Mt. Washington NH (USA) with a gust of 234-mph. Now they say it was the 1999 Moore/Bridgecreek F5 Tornado with 286 mph...and some say it was Hurricane tip in the Western Pacific with 250-mph wind gusts off Guam (based on pressure estimates).
The lowest sea leavel pressue is still Typhoon Tip (1979) I think - 879 mb and Hurricane Wilma in the Gulf of Mexico is close 2nd with 882 mb. Lowest pressure on land on the USA mainland is still 892 mb (26.35 inches) in the middle Florida Keys durning the Great 1935 Florida Keys Hurricane.
Warmest temperature ever recorded (officially): 57.8°C Aziziya, Libya on Sept 13, 1922 (controversial)
Warmest temperature reliably recorded: 56.7°C Death Valley, CA in 1913
Hottest place on average (summer highs): 46.9°C in July, Death Valley CA
Hottest place on average (year round): 34.4°C Dallol, Ethiopia
More to come soon
Warmest reliably recorded temperature is 129°F - 53.9°C (not exact because the US weather service rounds to the nearest °F ) multiple times in Death Valley. The 56.7°C is disputable, thermometer placed too low, with a series of very readings for several weeks never recorded since — yet other California desert stations weren't reading particularly high values.
Coldest recorded temperature on earth: −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at Vostok Station, Antarctica
Coldest temperature recorded outside Antarctica: −68 °C (−90 °F) at Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon, Russia
Coldest location on average: Vostok Station, Antarctica, annual temperature −55.2 °C (−67.4 °F)
Snowiest location on earth: Paradise, Washington, 651.5 in (1,654.8 cm)
Snowiest town: Kutchan, Hokkaido, 1,135 cm (446.9 in)
Snowiest major city: Sapporo, Hokkaido, 630 cm (248 in)
Great, thanks
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Originally Posted by wavehunter007
How about strongest surface wind on earth?
It used to be Mt. Washington NH (USA) with a gust of 234-mph. Now they say it was the 1999 Moore/Bridgecreek F5 Tornado with 286 mph...and some say it was Hurricane tip in the Western Pacific with 250-mph wind gusts off Guam (based on pressure estimates).
The lowest sea leavel pressue is still Typhoon Tip (1979) I think - 879 mb and Hurricane Wilma in the Gulf of Mexico is close 2nd with 882 mb. Lowest pressure on land on the USA mainland is still 892 mb (26.35 inches) in the middle Florida Keys durning the Great 1935 Florida Keys Hurricane.
Yup, that definitely belongs here! Which wind reading do you think we should use then?
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Originally Posted by nei
Warmest reliably recorded temperature is 129°F - 53.9°C (not exact because the US weather service rounds to the nearest °F ) multiple times in Death Valley. The 56.7°C is disputable, thermometer placed too low, with a series of very readings for several weeks never recorded since — yet other California desert stations weren't reading particularly high values.
*Hottest temperature ever recorded (controversial): 57.8°C Aziziya, Libya on Sept 13, 1922 / 56.7°C Death Valley 1913
*Hottest temperature ever recorded (fully reliable): 53.9°C Death Valley, CA
*Hottest place for a given month (avg. monthly high): 46.9°C in July, Death Valley CA
*Hottest place on average (avg. yearly highs): ???
*Hottest place on average (avg. temp): 34.4°C Dallol, Ethiopia
*Northernmost place to have reached 40°C: ?????
*Northernmost place to have reached 30°C: ?????
*Northernmost place to have hot summers (Koppen -a; >22°C):
II. Warmth
*Warmest minimum ever recorded: 41.7°C (Khasab Apt, Oman, June 2011) & (Death Valley, CA, July 2012)
*Warmest nights for a given month (avg. monthly low): ????? I know Dubai has 30°C+ lows in Jul/Aug, but there's got to be warmer than that
*Warmest nights on average: ????? Kiribati/Maldives?
*Warmest nights on average for the coldest month: ????? Same, Kiribati or Maldives?
*Warmest record low: ????? Probably Kiribati @ 21°C. For a large city, probably Singapore.
III. Cold
*Coldest recorded temperature on earth: −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at Vostok Station, Antarctica
*Coldest temperature recorded outside Antarctica: −68 °C (−90 °F) at Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon, Russia
*Coldest location on average (annual mean): Vostok Station, Antarctica, annual temperature −55.2 °C (−67.4 °F)
*Coldest place for a given month (avg. lows): ????? Cold lovers please help!
*Coldest place for a given month (avg. highs): ????? Cold lovers please help!
*Coldest place for a given month, outside Antarctica (avg. lows): ????? Cold lovers please help!
*Coldest place for a given month, outside Antarctica (avg. highs): ????? Cold lovers please help!
IV. Rain
*Rainiest place on average, yearly: Mawsynram, 11872mm/467.4in
*Max rain in a single year: Cherrapunji, 22987mm/905in between Aug 1860 and July 1861
*Max rain in a single month: 9300mm/370in in July 1861
*Max rain in a single day : ????????
V. Snow
*Snowiest location on earth: Paradise, Washington, 651.5 in (1,654.8 cm)
*Snowiest town: Kutchan, Hokkaido, 1,135 cm (446.9 in)
*Snowiest major city: Sapporo, Hokkaido, 630 cm (248 in)
*Snowiest day in history:
*Snowiest month on average (which month, which location):
*Least sun in one month, total hours, on average: 0 hours, all polar locations
*Most sun in one month, total hours, on average: 600 hours on average, South Pole in November
*Least sun in one month, total hours: 0 hours in London in December (of which year?)
*Most sun in one month, total hours: ?????????
*Most sun in one month, average, %: Sacramento, CA 98%
*Least sun in one month, average, %: ?????
VII. Wind
VIII. Temperature swings
*Greatest swing in one day:
*Fastest warm up:
*Fastest cool down:
*Place with highest average temp swing between day and night, yearly average: ???????
*Place with highest average temp swing between day and night, monthly average: ?????????
*Place with lowest average temp swing between day and night, yearly average: ???????
*Place with lowest average temp swing between day and night, monthly average: ?????????
*Place with highest annual temperature difference between winter and summer: ???????? Somewhere in Siberia?
*Place with lowest annual temperature difference between winter and summer: ????????somewhere Equatorial but where?
Highest 24 hour rainfall: 1,825mm / 71.9" at Foc-Foc, Reunion Island (TC Denise, 1966)
Fastest temperature rise: 27C in two minutes at Spearfish, South Dakota (22/1/1943)
Highest (anemometer recorded) windgust: 407 km/h / 253 mph at Barrow Island, Western Australia (TC Olivia, 1996)
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) multiple times in Death Valley. The 56.7°C is disputable, thermometer placed too low, with a series of very readings for several weeks never recorded since — yet other California desert stations weren't reading particularly high values.
