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| Highest temperature ever recorded | 4>
Temperature
Location
Date
Africa/On Earth
57.8 °C (136.0 °F)
'Aziziya, Libya
1922-09-13[1]
Algeria
51.0 °C (123.8 °F)
Illizi
2011-08-18[2]
Benin
44.5 °C (112 °F)
Kandi
?[2]
Botswana
42.6 °C (108.4 °F)
Tsabong
?[2]
Burkina Faso
47.2 °C (117 °F)
Dori
?[2]
Cameroon
47.7 °C (117.9 °F)
Kousseri
?[3]
Central African Republic
45 °C (113 °F)
Birao
?[2]
Chad
47.6 °C (117.7 °F)
Faya-Largeau
2010-06-22[3]
Côte d'Ivoire
41.5 °C (106.7 °F)
Odienne
?[2]
Djibouti
49.5 °C (121 °F)
Tadjourah
?[2]
Egypt
50.3 °C (122.6 °F)
Kharga
?[2]
Eritrea
48 °C (118.4 °F)
Massawa
?[2]
Ethiopia
48.9 °C (120 °F)
Dallol
?[2]
The Gambia
45.5 °C (114 °F)
Basse Santa Su
?[2]
Ghana
43.9 °C (111 °F)
Navrongo
?[2]
Guinea-Bissau
43.6 °C (110.5 °F)
Bafata
?[2]
Malawi
45 °C (113 °F)
Ngabu, Chikwana
?[2]
Mali
48.2 °C (118 °F)
Gao
?[2]
Mauritania
50.0 °C (122 °F)
Akjujt
?[2]
Morocco
50.7 °C (123.2 °F)
Semara
2009-08-16[2]
Mozambique
47.3 °C (117.2 °F)
Chibuto
2009-02-03[2]
Namibia
47.8 °C (118 °F)
Noordoewer
2009-02-06[2]
Niger
48.2 °C (118.8 °F)
Bilma
2010-06-23[3]
Nigeria
46.4 °C (115.5 °F)
Yola
2010-04-03[3]
Senegal
48.8 °C (119.8 °F)
Matam
?[2]
Sierra Leone
40 °C (104 °F)
Njala
?[2]
Somalia
47.8 °C (118 °F)
Berbera
?[2]
South Africa
50.0 °C (122 °F)
Dunbrody, Eastern Cape
2010-01-22[4]
Sudan
49.7 °C (121.5 °F)
Dongola
2010-06-25[3]
Swaziland
46.1 °C (115 °F)
Sidvokodvo
?[2]
Tanzania
56.0 °C (132.8 °F)
Songea
?[2]
Tunisia
50.1 °C (122.2 °F)
El Borma
?[2]
Zambia
42.4 °C (108.3 °F)
Mfuwe, Eastern Province
2010-10-13[3]
Zimbabwe
45.6 °C (114 °F)
Beitbridge
?[2]
Asia
53.9 °C (129 °F)
Tirat Tsvi, North District, Israel
1942-06-21[5]
Bangladesh
45.1 °C (113.2 °F)
Rajshahi
1972-04-30[6]
China
49.7 °C (118 °F)
Ading Lake, Turpan, Xinjiang, China
2008-08-03[3]
India
51.1 °C (123.9 °F)
Purulia, West Bengal
2005-06-18[7]
Iraq
52.0 °C (125.7 °F)
Basra
Ali Air Base, Nasiriyah
2010-06-14[3]
2011-08-02[8][9]
Israel
54 °C (129 °F)
Tirat Zvi, Israel
1942-06-21
Kuwait
53.5 °C (128.3 °F)
Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait
2011-08-03[10]
Japan
40.9 °C (105.6 °F)
Kumagaya, Saitama / Tajimi, Gifu
2007-08-16[11]
Malaysia
40.1 °C (104.2 °F)
Chuping
1998-04-09[12]
Myanmar
47.0 °C (116.6 °F)
Myinmu
2010-05-12[3]
Pakistan
53.5 °C (128.3 °F)
Mohenjo-daro, Sindh
2010-05-26[3][13]
Philippines
42.2 °C (107.96 °F)
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley
1912-04-12[14]
Qatar
50.4 °C (122.7 °F)
Doha
2010-07-14[3]
Russia
42.3 °C (108.1 °F)
Belogorsk, Amur Oblast
2010-07-12[15]
Saudi Arabia
52.0 °C (125.6 °F)
Jeddah
2010-06-22[3]
Singapore
36.0 °C (96.8 °F)
Singapore
1998-03-26[12]
South Korea
40.0 °C (104 °F)
Daegu
1942-08-01[16]
Thailand
44.5 °C (112.1 °F)
Uttaradit
1960-04-27[17]
Turkey
48.8 °C (119.8 °F)
Mardin
1993-08-14[18]
Oceania‡
50.7 °C (123.3 °F)
Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia
1960-01-02[19][20][21]
New Zealand
42.4 °C (108.3 °F)
Rangiora, Canterbury and Jordan, Marlborough (tied)
1973-02-07[22]
Solomon Islands
36.1 °C (97 °F)
Honiara, Guadalcanal Province
2010-02-01[3]
Europe
48.0 °C (118.4 °F)
Athens, Greece
1977-07-10[23]
Albania
43.9 °C (108.1 °F)
Kuçovë
1973-07-18
Austria
39.7 °C (103.5 °F)
Dellach im Drautal
1983-07-27[24]
Belarus
38.9 °C (102 °F)
Gomel
2010-08-07[3]
Belgium
38.8 °C (102 °F)
Uccle
1947-06-27
Bosnia and Herzegovina
46.2 °C (115.16 °F)
Mostar (Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1900-07-31
Bulgaria
45.2 °C (113.3 °F)
Sadovo, Plovdiv Province
1916-08-05[25]
Croatia
42.8 °C (109 °F)
Ploče
1998-08-05[26]
Cyprus
46.6 °C (115.9 °F)
Lefkoniko, Cyprus
2010-08-01[3]
Czech Republic
40.2 °C (104.4 °F)
Prague-Uhříněves
1983-07-27[27]
Denmark
36.4 °C (97.5 °F)
Holstebro, Midtjylland
1975-08-10[28]
England
38.5 °C (101.3 °F)
Faversham, Kent
2003-08-10[29]
Estonia
35.6 °C (96.1 °F)
Võru
1992-08-11[30]
Finland
37.2 °C (99.0 °F)
Liperi
2010-07-29[31]
France
44.1 °C (110.1 °F)
Conqueyrac / Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
2003-08-12[32]
Germany
40.2 °C (104.4 °F)
Gärmersdorf bei Amberg / Karlsruhe & Freiburg
1983-07-27 / 2003-08-13[33]
Hungary
41.9 °C (107.4 °F)
Kiskunhalas
2007-07-20[34]
Iceland
30.5 °C (86.9 °F)
Teigarhorn, Djúpivogur
1939-06-22[35][36]
Ireland
33.3 °C (92 °F)
Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny
1887-06-26[37]
Italy
47 °C or 48.5 °C (116.6 or 119.3 °F)
Foggia, Apulia or Catenanuova, Sicily (Catenanuova's record is disputed)
2007-06-25 and 1999-08-20[38]
Latvia
36.4 °C (97.5 °F)
Daugavpils
1943-08-04[39]
Lithuania
37.5 °C (99.5 °F)
Zarasai, Utena County
1994-07-30[40]
Macedonia
45.7 °C(114.26 °F)
Demir Kapija, Demir Kapija Municipality
2007-07-24[41]
Moldova
41.5 °C(106.7 °F)
Camenca, Camenca sub-district, Transnistria
2007-07-21[42]
Montenegro
44.8 °C (112.6 °F)
Podgorica
2007-08-16
Netherlands
38.6 °C (102 °F)
Warnsveld
1944-08-23[43]
Northern Ireland
30.8 °C (87.4 °F)
Knockarevan, County Fermanagh / Belfast, County Antrim
1976-06-30 / 1983-07-12[29]
Norway
35.6 °C (96.1 °F)
Nesbyen, Buskerud
1970-06-20[44]
Poland
40.2 °C (104.4 °F)
Prószków, Opole Voivodeship (then in Germany)
1921-07-29[45]
Portugal
47.4 °C (117.3 °F)
Amareleja, Beja
2003-08-01[46]
Romania
44.5 °C (112.1 °F)
Ion Sion, Brăila County
1951-08-10[47]
Russia
45.4 °C (113.7 °F)
Utta, Kalmykia
2010-07-12[48]
Scotland
32.9 °C (91.2 °F)
Greycrook, Scottish Borders
2003-08-09[29]
Serbia
44.9 °C (112.8 °F)
Smederevska Palanka, Podunavlje District
2007-07-24[49]
Slovakia
40.3 °C (104.5 °F)
Hurbanovo
2007-07-20[2]
Slovenia
40.6 °C (105.1 °F)
Črnomelj
1950-07-05[50]
Spain
47.2 °C (116.9 °F)
Murcia
1994-07-04[51]
Sweden
38.0 °C (100.4 °F)
Ultuna, Uppsala County / Målilla, Kalmar County
1933-07-09 / 1947-06-29[52]
Switzerland
41.5 °C (106.7 °F)
Grono, Moesa District
2003-08-11[53]
Ukraine
42.0 °C (107.6 °F)
Luhansk
2010-08-12[54]
Wales
35.2 °C (95.4 °F)
Hawarden Bridge, Flintshire
1990-08-02[29]
North America
56.7 °C (134 °F)
Death Valley, California, United States
1913-07-10[55]
Canada
45.0 °C (113 °F)
Midale, Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan
1937-07-05[56]
Greenland
25.3 °C (77.5 °F)
Tasiilaq
2005-07-13[2][57]
Mexico
53.0 °C (127.4 °F)
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
[58][59]
South America
49.1 °C (120.4 °F)
Villa de María, Argentina
1920-01-02[19][60]
Bolivia
46.7 °C (116.1 °F)
Villamontes, Tarija Department
2010-10-29*[3]
Brazil
44.7 °C (112.4 °F)
Bom Jesus, Piauí
2005-11-21[61]
Colombia
42.3 °C (108 °F)
Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca Department
2010-10-29[3]
Paraguay
45 °C (113 °F)
Pratts Gill, Boquerón Department
2009-11-14[62]
Uruguay
44 °C (111.2 °F)
Paysandú, Paysandú Department
1943-01-20[63]
Venezuela
41 °C (105.8 °F)
Maracaibo, Zulia State
?[2]
Central America and Caribbean Islands
45 °C (113 °F)
Estanzuela, Zacapa, Guatemala
?[64]
Dominican Republic
43.0 °C (109.4 °F)
Mao
1954-08-31[65][66]
Cuba
38.8 °C (102 °F)
Jucarito (Granma Province)
1999-04-17[67]
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
37.2 °C (99 °F)
Arecibo
1985-06-25[68]
Antarctica
14.6 °C (59 °F)
Vanda Station, Scott Coast
1974-01-05[19]
South Pole
−12.3 °C (9.9 °F)
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
2011-12-25[69]
*Temperature reached on multiple occasions; this is the most recent.
†There are a few reports of temperatures higher than this during phenomena known as heat bursts, including a report of 87 °C (188 °F) in Abadan, Iran in June 1967. These temperatures have never been confirmed, and are not recognized as world records.[70]
‡On 16 January 1889, a temperature of 53 °C (128 °F) was recorded at Cloncurry, Queensland. It was measured with a non-standard thermometer, so it is unknown if this reading was valid or not.[19]
[edit] | Tags: Other warm records | 4>
Fastest temperature rise: 27 °C (49 °F) in two minutes; Spearfish, South Dakota, 1943-01-22.[71]
Most consecutive days above 100 °F (37.8 °C): 160 days; Marble Bar, Western Australia from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924.[72]
[edit] | Tags: Lowest temperatures ever recorded | 4>
Temperature
Location
Date
Antarctica / On Earth
−89.2 °C (−128.6 °F)
Vostok Station
1983-07-21[19][71][73]
East Antarctica
−82.5 °C (−116.5 °F)
Dome A
2005–07[74]
South Pole
−82.8 °C (−117.0 °F)
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
[75]
Asia
−68 °C (−90 °F)
Verkhoyansk and
Oymyakon, both in Sakha Republic, Russia
1892-02-07
1933-02-06[19]
Bangladesh
4.5 °C (40.1 °F)
Jessore
2011-01-12
[76]
China
−52.3 °C (−62.1 °F)
Mohe County
1969-02-13[77]
India
−33.9 °C (−29.0 °F)
Ladakh
1911-03-22[78]
Iran
−36 °C (−32.8 °F)
Saqqez
1969[79]
Iraq
−17.6 °C (0.3 °F)
Mosul, Ninawa Governorate
1911-01-24[80] p29
Israel
−13.7 °C (7.3 °F)
Beit Netofa Valley
1950-02-07[81]
Japan
−41 °C (−41.8 °F)
Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
1902-01-25[11]
Malaysia
7.8 °C (46.0 °F)
Cameron Highlands
1978-02-01[12]
Nepal
−45 °C (−49.0 °F)
Mt. Everest, Sagarmatha
1999-05-15[11]
North Korea
−43.6 °C (−46.5 °F)
Chunggangjin
1933-01-12[82]
Philippines
2 °C (35.6 °F)
Mount Pulag, Mountain Province
2011-01[83]
Thailand
−1.4 °C (29.5 °F)
Sakon Nakhon
1974-01-02[17]
Turkey
−46.4 °C (−51.5 °F)
Van
1990-01-09[18]
North America
−66.1 °C (−87.0 °F)
North Ice, Greenland
1954-01-09[19]
Canada
−63 °C (−81 °F)
Snag, Yukon
1947-02-03[19][71]
Mexico
−32 °C (−25.6 °F)
Santa Barbara, Durango
1999[84]
United States
−62 °C (−80 °F)
Prospect Creek, Alaska
1971-01-23[85]
Europe
−58.1 °C (−72.6 °F)
Ust' Shchugor, Russia
1978-12-31[23]
Albania
−27.5 °C (−17.5 °F)
Voskopojë
1967-01-27
Austria
−37.4 °C (−38.6 °F)
Sonnblick
1905-01-01[86]
Belarus
−42.2 °C (−44.0 °F)
Slavnom, Vitsebsk Voblast
1940-01-17[87]
Belgium
−30.1 °C (−22.2 °F)
Valley of the Lesse in Rochefort
1940-01-20[88]
Bulgaria
−38.3 °C (−37 °F)
Tran
1947-01-25[25]
Croatia
−35.5 °C (−31.5 °F)
Čakovec
1929-02-03[26]
Czech Republic
−42.2 °C (−44.0 °F)
Litvínovice
1929-02-11[27]
Denmark
−31.2 °C (−24.2 °F)
Thisted Municipality, North Denmark Region
1982-01-08[28]
England
−26.1 °C (−15.0 °F)
Newport, Shropshire, West Midlands
1982-01-10[29]
Estonia
−43.5 °C (−46.0 °F)
Jõgeva, Jõgeva County
1940-01-17[30]
Finland
−51.5 °C (−60.7 °F)
Kittilä, Lapland
1999-01-28[89]
France
−41.0 °C (−41.8 °F)
Mouthe, Doubs
1985-01-17[90]
Germany
−45.9 °C (−50.6 °F)
Funtensee, Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
2001-12-24[33]
Greece
−27.8 °C (−18.0 °F)
Ptolemaida
1967-01-27[91]
Hungary
−35.0 °C (−31.0 °F)
Görömbölytapolca
1940-02-16[34]
Iceland
−37.9 °C (−36.2 °F)
Grímsstaðir
1918-01-21[35]
Ireland
−19.1 °C (−2.4 °F)
Markree Castle, County Sligo
1881-01-16[37]
Italy
−48.3 °C (−54.9 °F)
Busa Fradusta, Pale di San Martino
2010-12-27[92]
Latvia
−43.2 °C (−45.8 °F)
Daugavpils
1956-02-08[39]
Lithuania
−42.9 °C(−45.2 °F)
Utena, Utena County
1956-02-01[40]
Macedonia
−31.5 °C(−24.7 °F)
Berovo, Berovo Municipality
1954-01-27[93]
Netherlands
−27.4 °C (−17.3 °F)
Winterswijk
1944-01-27[43]
Northern Ireland
−18.7 °C (−1.7 °F)
Castlederg, County Tyrone
2010-12-24[94]
Norway
−51.4 °C (−60.5 °F)
Karasjok, Finnmark
1886-01-01[44]
Poland
−41.0 °C (−41.8 °F)
Siedlce, Masovian Voivodeship
1940-01-11[45]
Portugal
−16.0 °C (3.2 °F)
Penhas da Saúde, Covilhã Municipality
Miranda do Douro
1945-01-16 and 1954-02-05[95]
Romania
−38.5 °C (−37.3 °F)
Bod, Braşov County
1942-01-25[47]
Scotland
−27.2 °C (−17.0 °F)
Braemar, Aberdeenshire,
Altnaharra, Sutherland
1895-02-11 and 1982-01-10
1995-12-30[29]
Serbia
−39.5 °C (−39.1 °F)
Karajukica Bunari, Zlatibor District
1985-01-13[49]
Slovakia
−41.0 °C (−41.8 °F)
Vigľaš-Pstruša
1929-02-11[96]
Slovenia
−34.5 °C (−30.1 °F)
Babno Polje
1956-02-15 / 1956-02-16 / 1968-01-13[notes 1][50]
Spain
−32.0 °C (−25.6 °F)
Lake Estangento, Lérida
1956-02-02[51]
Sweden
−53.0 °C (−63.4 °F)
Malgovik, Västerbotten County
1941-12-13[52]
Switzerland
−41.8 °C (−43.2 °F)
La Brévine
1987-01-12[53]
Ukraine
−41.9 °C (−43.4 °F)
Luhansk
1935-02-08[97]
Wales
−23.3 °C (−9.9 °F)
Rhayader, Powys
1940-01-21[29]
South America
−39 °C (−38 °F)
Valle de los Patos Superior, San Juan, Argentina
1972-07-17[98][99]
Bolivia
−25.7 °C (−14.3 °F)
Uyuni, Potosí Department
1946-08-04[100]
Brazil
−14 °C (7 °F)
Caçador, Santa Catarina
1952-06[101]
Chile
−37 °C (−35 °F)
Coyhaique Alto, Aisén
2002-06-21[102]
Paraguay
−7.5 °C (18.5 °F)
Pratts Gill, Boquerón Department
2000-07-13[103]
Peru
−25.2 °C (−13.4 °F)
Mazo Cruz, Puno Region
1966-06-30[104]
Uruguay
−11 °C (12 °F)
Melo, Cerro Largo Department
1967-06-14[63]
Venezuela
−12 °C (10 °F)
Piedras Blancas, Merida State
?[2]
Africa
−24 °C (−11 °F)
Ifrane, Morocco
1935-02-11[19]
Algeria
−20 °C (−4 °F)
Batna, Batna Province
1945-01-04[105]
Lesotho
−20.4 °C (−4.7 °F)
Letseng-la-Draai (Letseng-la-Terae), Mokhotlong District
1967-06-12[105]
South Africa
−18.6 °C (−1.5 °F)
Buffelsfontein, near Molteno, Eastern Cape
1996-06-28[4]
Oceania
−25.6 °C (−14.1 °F)
Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand
1903-07-18[106]
Australia
−23 °C (−9.4 °F)
Charlotte Pass, New South Wales, Australia
1994-06-29[107]
Central America and Caribbean Islands
−11.5 °C (11.3 °F)
Olintepeque, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
?[64]
Dominican Republic
−3.5 °C (25.7 °F)
Valle Nuevo, Constanza
1959-03-02[108]
Cuba
0.6 °C (33.1 °F)
Bainoa
1996-02-18[109]
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
4.4 °C (40 °F)
Adjuntas
Aibonito
Corozal
1989-12-28[110]
1906-02-26[110]
1945-01-19[110]
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Fastest temperature drop: 27.2 °C (49 °F) in 15 minutes; Rapid City, South Dakota, 1911-01-10.[71]
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Least per year (locale): none in recorded history; Antofagasta Region, Atacama Desert, Chile.[111]
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Most in one minute: 31.2 mm (1.23 in); Unionville, Maryland, United States, 4 July 1956.[23]
Most in one hour: 305 mm (12.0 in) in 42 minutes. Holt, Missouri, United States, 22 June 1947.[23]
Most in 12 hours: 1,144 mm (45.0 in); Foc-Foc, Réunion, 8 January 1966, during tropical cyclone Denise.[23]
Most in 24 hours: 1,825 mm (71.9 in); Foc-Foc, Réunion, 7–8 January 1966, during tropical cyclone Denise.[23]
Most in 48 hours: 2,467 mm (97.1 in); Aurère, Réunion, 8–10 January 1958.[23]
Most in 72 hours: 3,929 mm (154.7 in); Commerson, Réunion, 24–26 February 2007.[23]
Most in 96 hours: 4,869 mm (191.7 in); Commerson, Réunion, 24–27 February 2007.[23]
Most in one year: 26,470 mm (1,042 in); Cherrapunji, India, 1860–1861.[23]
Highest average annual total: 11,872 mm (467.4 in); Mawsynram, India.[23]
Duration
Place
Date
height (mm)
1 minute
Barst, Guadeloupe
26/11/1970
38 mm (1.5 in)
42 minutes
Holt, USA
22/06/1947
305 mm (12.0 in)
3 hours
Foc-Foc, La Réunion
08/01/66
361 mm (14.2 in)
6 hours
Foc-Foc, La Réunion
08/01/66
620 mm (24 in)
12 hours
Grand Ilet, La Réunion
26/01/1980
1,170 mm (46 in)
24 hours
Foc-foc, La Réunion
07 - 08/01/1966
1,825 mm (71.9 in)
48 hours
Aurère, La Réunion
08 - 09/04/1958
2,467 mm (97.1 in)
3 days
Commerson, La Réunion
24–26/02/2007
3,929 mm (154.7 in)
4 days
Commerson, La Réunion
24–27/02/2007
4,869 mm (191.7 in)
8 days
Commerson, La Réunion
20 - 27/01/1980
4,936 mm (194.3 in)
9 days
Commerson, La Réunion
19 - 27/01/1980
5,342 mm (210.3 in)
10 days
Commerson, La Réunion
18 - 27/01/1980
5,678 mm (223.5 in)
15 days
Commerson, La Réunion
14 - 28/01/1980
6,083 mm (239.5 in)
1 month
Cherrapunji, India
July 1861
9,246 mm (364.0 in)
1 year
Cherrapunji, India
August 1860 - july 1861
26,466 mm (1,042.0 in)
2 years
Cherrapunji, India
1860 & 1861
40,768 mm (1,605.0 in)
annual average
Mawsynram, India
annual average
11,872 mm (467.4 in)
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Most in one-year period: 31.1 meters (102 ft); Mount Rainier, Washington, United States, 19 February 1971 to 18 February 1972.[71]
Most in one season (1 July – 30 June): 29.0 meters, (95 ft); Mount Baker, Washington, United States, 1998 through 1999.[112]
Largest snowflake ever observed: 38 centimeters (15 in) in diameter; Fort Keogh, Montana, United States, 28 January 1887.[71]
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Fastest ever recorded: 484±32 km/h (301±20 mph) 3-second gust; Observed by a DOW (Doppler On Wheels) radar unit in a tornado near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 3 May 1999.[113]
Fastest recorded with an anemometer: 113.2 m/s or 407 km/h (253 mph) 3-second gust; one of five extreme gusts during a series of 5-min time periods; Barrow Island (Western Australia), 10 April 1996, during Cyclone Olivia.[114]
Fastest recorded with an anemometer outside of a tropical cyclone: 372 km/h (231 mph) sustained 1-minute average; Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 12 April 1934.[115]
Fastest daily average: 174 km/h (108 mph); Port Martin (Adélie Land), Antarctica, 24-hour period from 21 March 1951 to 22 March 1951.[71]
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Main article: Tornado records
The Tri-State Tornado holds many records, including the longest known tornado track, fastest speed for a significant tornado, and the deadliest tornado outside of Bangladesh.
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On Earth: Approximately 1300 deaths; Manikganj District, Bangladesh on 26 April 1989.[116]
In North America: 695 deaths (Tri-State Tornado); Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, United States 18 March 1925.[71]
In Europe: 600 or more (Grand Harbour Tornado); Valetta, Malta, 23 September 1551 or 1556 (sources conflict)[117]
In Australia: 3 deaths, Kin Kin, Queensland tornado, 14 August 1971[118]
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Largest and most severe: The Super Outbreak: 148 tornadoes occurred in a span of 16 hours from 3 to 4 April 1974. They affected 13 US states and Ontario, and included 24 F4s and 6 F5s, more F5s than have been reported in any other year, until 2011. There were also more significant tornadoes during that 24 hours than any other entire week on record.[71]
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Most intense ever recorded: 870 mb (25.63 inHg); eye of Super Typhoon Tip over the Pacific Ocean, 12 October 1979.[71]
Most intense in the Western Hemisphere: 882 mb (26.05 inHg); eye of Hurricane Wilma, 19 October 2005.[119]
Most intense ever recorded on land: 892 mb (26.35 inHg); Craig's Key, Florida, eye of the Labor Day Hurricane, 2 September 1935. While other landfalling tropical cyclones have almost certainly had lower pressures, data is vague from areas other than the Atlantic basin, especially before the invention of weather satellites.[120]
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A picture of the Aurora, Nebraska hailstone, measured at 18.75 inches (47.6 cm) in circumference.
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Heaviest: 1.0 kg (2.25 lb); Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, 14 April 1986.[121]
Largest diameter officially measured: 8.0 inches (20 cm) diameter, 18.625 inches (47.3 cm) circumference; Vivian, South Dakota, 23 July 2010.[122]
Largest circumference officially measured: 18.75 inches (47.6 cm) circumference, 7.0 inches (18 cm) diameter; Aurora, Nebraska, 22 June 2003.[121][123]
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Longest lightning bolt: 190 km (120 mi) 13 October 2001.[124]
Most strikes per year: More than 70 per km² in parts of Central Africa, especially the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[125]
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Highest air pressure ever recorded: 1085.6 mb (32.06 inHg); Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia, 19 December 2001.[126] This is the equivalent sea-level pressure; Tosontsengel is located at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level.
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^ The lowest unofficially measured temperature in Slovenia was recorded at Komna on 9 January 2009 and reached −49 °C (−56 °F).
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Weather portal
Extremes on Earth
List of extreme temperatures in Canada
UK rainfall records
U.S. state temperature extremes
Weather extremes in Canada
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