List of weather records

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This is a list of weather records, a list of the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are measured under specific conditions—such as surface temperature and wind speed—to keep consistency among measurements around the Earth. Each of these records is understood to be the record value officially observed, as these records may have been exceeded before modern weather instrumentation was invented, or in remote areas without an official weather station. This list does not include remotely sensed observations such as satellite measurements, since those values are not considered official records.[1]

Temperature

Measuring conditions

The standard measuring conditions for temperature are in the air, 1.5 meters above the ground, and shielded from direct sunlight (hence the term, x degrees "in the shade").[2] The following lists include all officially confirmed claims measured by those methods.

Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 °C.[2] A ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) has been recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan.[3] A ground temperature of 93.9 °C (201 °F) was recorded in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, USA on 15 July 1972; this may be the highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded.[4] The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been estimated to be between 90 and 100 °C for dry, darkish soils of low thermal conductivity.[5]

Satellite measurements of ground temperature taken between 2003 and 2009, taken with the MODIS infrared spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite, found a maximum temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which was recorded in 2005 in the Lut Desert, Iran. The Lut Desert was also found to have the highest maximum temperature in 5 of the 7 years measured (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009). These measurements reflect averages over a large region and so are lower than the maximum point surface temperature.[2]

Satellite measurements of the surface temperature of Antarctica, taken between 1982 and 2013, found a coldest temperature of −93.2 °C (−136 °F) on 10 August 2010, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Although this is not comparable to an air temperature, it is believed that the air temperature at this location would have been lower than the official record lowest air temperature of −89.2 °C.[6][7]

Heat

Highest temperatures ever recorded

A world map showing areas with Köppen BWh (hot desert climate). The temperatures in these regions have the potential to exceed 50 °C (122 °F) during the hottest seasons.
Country/Region Temperature Town/Location Date
World†
North America
 United States		 56.7 °C (134 °F) Furnace Creek Ranch (formerly Greenland Ranch), Death Valley, California 10 July 1913[8][9]
 Canada 45.0 °C (113 °F) Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan
Midale, Saskatchewan		 both on 5 July 1937[10]
 Greenland 25.9 °C (78.6 °F) Maniitsoq 30 July 2013[11]
 Mexico 52 °C (125.6 °F) San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora 6 July 1966[12][13]
Africa
 Tunisia		 55.0 °C (131 °F) Kebili 7 July 1931[14][15]
 Algeria 50.6 °C (123.1 °F) In Salah, Tamanrasset Province 12 July 2002[14]
 Cameroon 47.7 °C (117.9 °F) Kousseri  ?[16]
 Chad 47.6 °C (117.7 °F) Faya-Largeau 22 June 2010[16]
 Niger 48.2 °C (118.8 °F) Bilma 23 June 2010[16]
 Nigeria 46.4 °C (115.5 °F) Yola 3 April 2010[16]
 South Africa 50.0 °C (122 °F) Dunbrody, Eastern Cape 1918[17]
 Sudan 49.7 °C (121.5 °F) Dongola 25 June 2010[16]
 Zambia 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) Mfuwe, Eastern Province 13 October 2010[16]
Asia
 Kuwait		 53.6 °C (128.5 °F) Sulaibya 31 July 2012[18][19]
 Bangladesh 45.1 °C (113.2 °F) Rajshahi 30 April 1972[20]
 Bhutan 40 °C (104 °F) Phuentsholing 27 August 1997[21]
 China 50.3 °C (122.5 °F) Ayding Lake, Turpan, Xinjiang 24 July 2015[22]
 India 50.6 °C (123 °F) Alwar, Rajasthan 10 May 1956[23]
 Iraq 53.0 °C (127.4 °F) Ali Air Base, Nasiriyah 3 August 2011[24][25]
 Japan 41.0 °C (105.8 °F) Shimanto, Kōchi 12 August 2013[26]
 Malaysia 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) Chuping 9 April 1998[27]
 Pakistan 53.5 °C (128.3 °F) Mohenjo-daro, Sindh 26 May 2010[16]
 Myanmar 47.0 °C (116.6 °F) Myinmu 12 May 2010[16]
 Philippines 42.2 °C (107.96 °F) Tuguegarao, Cagayan Valley 12 April 1912[28]
 Qatar 50.4 °C (122.7 °F) Doha 14 July 2010[16]
 Russia 42.3 °C (108.1 °F) Belogorsk, Amur Oblast 12 July 2010[29]
 Saudi Arabia 52.0 °C (125.6 °F) Jeddah 23 June 2010 http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010062476182
 Singapore 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) Singapore 26 March 1998[27]
 South Korea 40.0 °C (104 °F) Daegu 1 August 1942[30]
 Taiwan 40.2 °C (104 °F) Taitung County 9 May 2004[31]
 Thailand 44.5 °C (112.1 °F) Uttaradit 27 April 1960[32]
 Turkey 48.8 °C (119.8 °F) Mardin 14 August 1993[33]
Oceania‡
 Australia		 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) Oodnadatta, South Australia 2 January 1960[34][35][36]
 New Zealand 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) Rangiora, Canterbury and Jordan, Marlborough (tied) 7 February 1973[37]
 Solomon Islands 36.1 °C (97 °F) Honiara, Guadalcanal Province 1 February 2010[16]
South America
 Argentina		 48.9 °C (120.0 °F) Rivadavia, Salta Province 11 December 1905[34][38][39]
 Bolivia 46.7 °C (116.1 °F) Villamontes, Tarija Department 29 October 2010*[16]
 Brazil 44.7 °C (112.4 °F) Bom Jesus, Piauí 21 November 2005[40]
 Colombia 42.3 °C (108 °F) Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca Department 29 October 2010[16]
 Paraguay 45 °C (113 °F) Pratts Gill, Boquerón Department 14 November 2009[41]
 Uruguay 44 °C (111.2 °F) Paysandú, Paysandú Department 20 January 1943[42]
 Venezuela 42 °C (107.6 °F) Machiques, Zulia 1982[43]
Central America and Caribbean Islands
 Guatemala		 45 °C (113 °F) Estanzuela, Zacapa  ?[44]
 Dominican Republic 43.0 °C (109.4 °F) Mao 31 August 1954[45][46]
 Cuba 38.8 °C (102 °F) Jucarito (Granma Province) 17 April 1999[47]
 Puerto Rico 37.2 °C (99 °F) Arecibo 25 June 1985[48]
Europe
 Greece		 48.0 °C (118.4 °F ) Athens, Greece 10 July 1977[49]
 Andorra 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) Andorra la Vella  ?
 Austria 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) Bad Deutsch-Altenburg 8 August 2013[50]
 Belarus 38.9 °C (102 °F) Gomel 7 August 2010[16]
 Belgium 38.8 °C (102 °F) Uccle 27 June 1947
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.2 °C (111.16 °F) Mostar (Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) 31 July 1900
 Bulgaria 45.2 °C (113.3 °F) Sadovo, Plovdiv Province 5 August 1916[51]
 Croatia 42.8 °C (109 °F) Ploče 5 August 1998[52]
 Cyprus 46.6 °C (115.9 °F) Lefkoniko 1 August 2010[16]
 Czech Republic 40.4 °C (104.7 °F) Dobřichovice, Prague-West District 20 August 2012[53]
 Denmark 36.4 °C (97.5 °F) Holstebro, Midtjylland 10 August 1975[54]
 Estonia 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) Võru 11 August 1992[55]
 Finland 37.2 °C (99 °F) Liperi 29 July 2010[56]
 France 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) Conqueyrac / Saint-Christol-lès-Alès 12 August 2003[57]
 Germany 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria 5 July 2015 / 7 August 2015[58]
 Hungary 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) Kiskunhalas 20 July 2007[59]
 Iceland 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) Teigarhorn, Djúpivogur 22 June 1939[60][61]
 Ireland 33.3 °C (92 °F) Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny 26 June 1887[62]
 Italy 47 or 48.5 °C (116.6 or 119.3 °F) Foggia, Apulia or Catenanuova, Sicily (Catenanuova's record is disputed) 25 June 2007 / 10 August 1999[63][64]
 Latvia 37.8 °C (100.03 °F) Ventspils 4 August 2014[65]
 Lithuania 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) Zarasai, Utena County 30 July 1994[66]
 Macedonia 45.7 °C (114.26 °F) Demir Kapija, Demir Kapija Municipality 24 July 2007[67]
 Malta 43.8 °C (110.84 °F) Malta International Airport 9 August 1999[68]
 Moldova 42.4 °C(108.3 °F) Falesti 7 August 2012[69]
 Montenegro 44.8 °C (112.6 °F) Podgorica & Danilovgrad 16 August 2007 / 8 August 2012[69]
 Netherlands 38.6 °C (102 °F) Warnsveld 23 August 1944[70]
 Norway 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) Nesbyen, Buskerud 20 June 1970[71]
 Poland 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) Record measured on German territory at that time: Proskau, Landkreis Oppeln, Oberschlesien (now Prószków, Opole Voivodeship). The record in Poland proper at that time was attained on the same day by the village of Zbiersk at 40.0 °C. 29 July 1921[72]
 Portugal 47.4 °C (117.3 °F) Amareleja, Beja 1 August 2003[73]
 Romania 44.5 °C (112.1 °F) Ion Sion, Brăila County 10 August 1951[74]
 Russia (European part only) 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) Utta, Kalmykia 12 July 2010[75]
 Serbia 44.9 °C (112.8 °F) Smederevska Palanka, Podunavlje District 24 July 2007[76]
 Slovakia 40.3 °C Hurbanovo 20 July 2007[77]
 Slovenia 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) Cerklje ob Krki 8 August 2013[78]
 Spain 47.2 °C (116.9 °F) Murcia 4 July 1994[79]
 Sweden 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) Ultuna, Uppsala County / Målilla, Kalmar County 9 July 1933 / 29 June 1947[80]
  Switzerland 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) Grono, Moesa District 11 August 2003[81]
 Ukraine 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) Luhansk 12 August 2010[82]
 United Kingdom
 England		 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) Faversham, Kent 10 August 2003[83]
 Northern Ireland 30.8 °C (87.4 °F) Knockarevan, County Fermanagh / Belfast, County Antrim 30 June 1976 / 12 July 1983[83]
 Scotland 32.9 °C (91.2 °F) Greycrook, Scottish Borders 9 August 2003[83]
 Wales 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) Hawarden Bridge, Flintshire 2 August 1990[83]
Antarctica 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula 24 March 2015[34]
South Pole −12.3 °C (9.9 °F) Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station 25 December 2011[84]
*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. There are also reports made by satellite analysis, including one of 66.8 °C (152.2 °F) measured in the Flaming Mountains of China in 2008.[85]
These temperatures have never been confirmed, and are not recognized as world records.[86] The former highest official temperature on Earth, held for 90 years by ‘Aziziya, Libya, was de-certified by the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) in January 2012 as the record for the world's highest surface temperature. (This temperature of 57.8 °C (136 °F), registered on 13 September 1922, is currently considered to have been a recorder's error.[87])
Christopher C. Burt, the weather historian writing for Weather Underground who shepherded the Libya reading's 2012 disqualification, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least four or five degrees Fahrenheit too high,[9] as do other weather historians Dr. Arnold Court and William Taylor Reid.[88] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth is still at Death Valley, but is instead 53.9 °C (129 °F) recorded five times: 20 July 1960, 18 July 1998, 20 July 2005, 7 July 2007, and 30 June 2013.[89][90]
‡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.[34] The reading is not recognised by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.[35]

Other high-temperature records

  • Fastest temperature rise: 27 °C (49 °F) in two minutes; Spearfish, South Dakota, 1943-01-22.[91]
  • Most consecutive days above 37.8 °C (100 °F): 160 days; Marble Bar, Western Australia from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924.[92]
  • Surface temperature: Heat records are measured by air temperature above the ground. Remote sensing can estimate ground or "skin" surface temperatures: the MODIS satellite found in a brief survey a ground temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), in the Lut Desert of Iran, the hottest detected.[93]

Cold

Lowest temperatures ever recorded

Country/Region Temperature Town/Location Date
World*
Antarctica		 −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) Vostok Station 1983-07-21[34][91][94]*
Dome A −82.5 °C (−116.5 °F) Dome A 2005–07[95]
South Pole −82.8 °C (−117.0 °F) Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station 1982-06-23[96]
Asia
 Russia		 −67.8 °C (−90 °F) Verkhoyansk and
Oymyakon, both in Sakha Republic		 1892-02-07
1933-02-06[34]
 Pakistan −24.1 °C (−11.4 °F) Skardu, Gilgit–Baltistan 1995-01-07
[97]
 Bangladesh 2.8 °C (37.0 °F) Sreemangal 1968-?-?
[98]
 China −52.3 °C (−62.1 °F) Mohe County 1969-02-13[99]
 India −52 °C (−62 °F)/−33.9 °C (−29.0 °F) Dras, Ladakh January ??/1911-03-22[100]
 Iran −36 °C (−32.8 °F) Saqqez 1969[101]
 Iraq −17.6 °C (0.4 °F) Mosul, Ninawa Governorate 1911-01-24[102]
 Israel −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) Merom Golan 2015-01-10
 Japan −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) Asahikawa, Hokkaidō 1902-01-25[26]
 Malaysia 7.8 °C (46.0 °F) Cameron Highlands 1978-02-01[27]
   Nepal −45.0 °C (−49.0 °F) Mt. Everest, Sagarmatha 1999-05-15[26]
 North Korea −43.6 °C (−46.5 °F) Chunggangjin 1933-01-12[103]
 South Korea −32.8 °C (−27.0 °F) Yangpyeong 1981-01-05[104]
 Philippines† 6.3 °C (43.3 °F) Baguio 1961-01-18[105]
 Thailand −1.4 °C (29.5 °F) Sakon Nakhon 1974-01-02[32]
 Turkey −50.3 °C (−58.5 °F) Ardahan Province 1941-01-14[33]
North America
 Greenland		 −66.1 °C (−87.0 °F) North Ice 1954-01-09[34]
 Canada −63 °C (−81 °F) Snag, Yukon 1947-02-03[34][91]
 Mexico −29 °C (−20.2 °F) Rancho Los Lamentos, Chihuahua 1962-01-11[106][107]
 United States
 Alaska		 −62.1 °C (−80 °F) Prospect Creek, Alaska 1971-01-23[108]
United States Contiguous United States −57 °C (−70 °F) Rogers Pass, Montana 1954-01-20[109]
Europe
 Russia (European part only)		 −58.1 °C (−72.6 °F) Ust' Shchugor, Komi Republic 1978-12-31[49]
 Albania −27.5 °C (−17.5 °F) Voskopojë 1967-01-27
 Austria −47.1 °C (−52.78 °F) Grünloch doline 1932-02-19[110]
 Belarus −42.2 °C (−44.0 °F) Slavnom, Vitsebsk Voblast 1940-01-17[111]
 Belgium −30.1 °C (−22.2 °F) Valley of the Lesse in Rochefort 1940-01-20[112]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina −42 °C (−44 °F) Veliko Polje on the Igman plateau 1963-01-24[citation needed]
 Bulgaria −38.3 °C (−37 °F) Tran 1947-01-25[51]
 Croatia −35.5 °C (−31.5 °F) CakovecČakovec 1929-02-03[52]
 Czech Republic −42.2  °C (−44.0 °F) Litvínovice 1929-02-11[53]
 Denmark −31.2  °C (−24.2 °F) Thisted Municipality, North Denmark Region 1982-01-08[54]
 Estonia −43.5 °C (−46.0 °F) Jõgeva, Jõgeva County 1940-01-17[55]
 Finland −51.5 °C (−60.7 °F) Kittilä, Lapland 1999-01-28[113]
 France −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) Mouthe, Doubs 1985-01-17[114]
 Germany −45.9 °C (−50.6 °F) Funtensee, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria 2001-12-24[115]
 Greece −27.8 °C (−18.0 °F) Ptolemaida 1967-01-27[116]
 Hungary −35.0 °C (−31.0 °F) Görömbölytapolca 1940-02-16[59]
 Iceland Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). Grímsstaðir 1918-01-21[60]
 Ireland −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) Markree Castle, County Sligo 1881-01-16[62]
 Italy −49.6 °C (−57.2 °F) Busa Fradusta, Pale di San Martino 2013-02-10[117]
 Latvia −43.2 °C (−45.8 °F) Daugavpils 1956-02-08[65]
 Lithuania −42.9 °C (−45.2 °F) Utena, Utena County 1956-02-01[66]
 Macedonia −31.5 °C (−24.7 °F) Berovo, Berovo Municipality 1954-01-27[118]
 Malta 1.4 °C (34.5 °F) Malta International Airport 1981-01-29[68]
 Netherlands −27.4 °C (−17.3 °F) Winterswijk 1942-01-27[70]
 Norway −51.4 °C (−60.5 °F) Karasjok, Finnmark 1886-01-01[71]
 Poland −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) Siedlce, Masovian Voivodeship 1940-01-11[72]
 Portugal −16.0 °C (3.2 °F) Penhas da Saúde, Covilhã Municipality
Miranda do Douro		 1945-01-16 and 1954-02-05[119]
 Romania −38.5 °C (−37.3 °F) Bod, Braşov County 1942-01-25[74]
 Serbia −39.5 °C (−39.1 °F) Karajukica Bunari, Zlatibor District 1985-01-13[76]
 Slovakia −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) Vígľaš-Pstruša 1929-02-11[120]
 Slovenia −34.5 °C (−30.1 °F) Babno Polje 1956-02-15 / 1956-02-16 / 1968-01-13[notes 1][121]
 Spain −32.0 °C (−25.6 °F) Estany Gento,[122] Lleida 1956-02-02[79]
 Sweden −53.0 °C (−63.4 °F) Malgovik, Västerbotten County 1941-12-13[80]
  Switzerland −41.8 °C (−43.2 °F) La Brévine 1987-01-12[81]
 Ukraine −41.9 °C (−43.4 °F) Luhansk 1935-02-08[123]
 United Kingdom
 Scotland		 −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) Braemar, Aberdeenshire
Altnaharra, Sutherland		 1895-02-11 and 1982-01-10
1995-12-30[83]
 England −26.1 °C (−15.0 °F) Newport, Shropshire 1982-01-10[83]
 Northern Ireland −18.7 °C (−1.7 °F) Castlederg, County Tyrone 2010-12-24[124]
 Wales −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F) Rhayader, Powys 1940-01-21[83]
South America
 Argentina		 −39 °C (−38 °F) Valle de los Patos Superior, San Juan 1972-07-17[125][126]
 Bolivia −25.7 °C (−14.3 °F) Uyuni, Potosí Department 1946-08-04[127]
 Brazil −14 °C (7 °F) Caçador, Santa Catarina 1952-06[128][129]
 Chile −37 °C (−35 °F) Coyhaique Alto, Aisén 2002-06-21[130]
 Paraguay −7.5 °C (18.5 °F) Pratts Gill, Boquerón Department 2000-07-13[131]
 Peru −25.2 °C (−13.4 °F) Mazo Cruz, Puno Region 1966-06-30[132]
 Uruguay −11 °C (12 °F) Melo, Cerro Largo Department 1967-06-14[42]
 Venezuela −11 °C (12 °F) Sierra La Culata, Mérida [133]
Africa
 Morocco		 −23.9 °C (−11 °F) Ifrane 1935-02-11[34]
 Algeria −20 °C (−4 °F) Batna, Batna Province 1945-01-04[134]
 Lesotho −20.4 °C (−4.7 °F) Letseng-la-Draai (Letseng-la-Terae), Mokhotlong District 1967-06-12[134]
 South Africa −20.1 °C (−4.2 °F) Buffelsfontein, near Molteno, Eastern Cape 2013-08-23[135]
Oceania
 New Zealand		 −25.6 °C (−14.1 °F) Ranfurly, Central Otago 1903-07-18[136]
 Australia −23 °C (−9.4 °F) Charlotte Pass, New South Wales 1994-06-29[137]
Central America and Caribbean Islands
 Guatemala		 −11.5 °C (11.3 °F) Olintepeque, Quetzaltenango  ?[44]
 Dominican Republic −7 °C (19.4 °F) Valle Nuevo, Constanza 1983-01-17[138]
 Cuba 0.6 °C (33.1 °F) Bainoa, Mayabeque Province 1996-02-18[139]
 Puerto Rico 4.4 °C (40 °F) Adjuntas
Aibonito
Corozal		 1989-12-28[140]
1906-02-26[140]
1945-01-19[140]
* This temperature is considered the lowest ever officially recorded in Antarctica and in the World, as it was perceived by ground-positioned thermometers in 1983. Satellite analyses made on 10 August 2010 pointed to a temperature of −93.2 °C (−135.8 °F) near Dome F in Queen Maud Land, but this record is not officially listed because it was measured by remote sensing methods that are not totally consistent, unlike the 1983 temperature. See Lowest temperature recorded on Earth for details.
† It is reported by local news outlet that temperatures in Mt. Pulag in the Philippines which is 2,922 meters above sea level plunges as low as 2 °C (35.6 °F). PAGASA cannot verify[141]

Other low-temperature records

Precipitation

Rain

  • Most in one minute: 38 mm (1.5 in); Barot, Guadeloupe, 26 November 1970.[143]
  • Most in one hour: 305 mm (12.0 in) in 42 minutes. Holt, Missouri, United States, 22 June 1947.[49]
  • Most in 12 hours (1/2 day): 1,144 mm (45.0 in); Cilaos, Réunion, 8 January 1966, during tropical cyclone Denise.[49]
  • Most in 24 hours (1 day): 1,825 mm (71.9 in); Cilaos, Réunion, 7–8 January 1966, during tropical cyclone Denise.[49]
  • Most in 48 hours (2 days): 2,493 mm (98.1 in); Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India, 15–16 June 1995.[49]
  • Most in 72 hours (3 days): 3,929 mm (154.7 in); Commerson, Réunion, 24–26 February 2007.[49]
  • Most in 96 hours (4 days): 4,869 mm (191.7 in); Commerson, Réunion, 24–27 February 2007.[49]
  • Most in one year: 26,470 mm (1,042 in); Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India, 1860–1861.[49]
  • Highest average annual total (observed over 10 years): 11,872 mm (467.4 in); Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India.[49]

Snow

  • Most in one-year period: 31.5 meters (102 ft); Mount Rainier, Washington, United States, 19 February 1971 to 18 February 1972.[91]
  • Most in one season (1 July – 30 June): 29.0 meters, (95 ft); Mount Baker, Washington, United States, 1998 through 1999.[144]
  • Most in one calendar month and greatest snow depth in North America: 990.6 cm (390 inches) of snow fell in Tamarack, California in January 1911, leading to a snow depth in March of 1145.5 cm (451 inches).[144][145]

Wind speed

Tornadoes

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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.

Deadliest in history

Outbreaks

  • Largest and most severe: The April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak: 207 confirmed tornadoes occurred in a span of 24 hours, with a total of 337 occurring throughout the duration of the outbreak. They affected six US states, and included 11 EF4s and 4 EF5s.[153]

Tropical cyclones

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Main article: List of tropical cyclone records

Most intense (by minimum surface air pressure)

[154]

  • Most intense ever recorded on land: 892 hPa (26.35 inHg); Craig's Key, Florida, eye of the Labor Day Hurricane, 2 September 1935. While other landfalling tropical cyclones potentially had lower pressures, data is vague from areas other than the Atlantic basin, especially before the invention of weather satellites.[155]

Other severe weather

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Hail

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  • Heaviest officially recorded: 1.02 kg (2.25 lb); Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, 14 April 1986.[156]
  • Largest diameter officially measured: 20 cm (8.0 in) diameter, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). circumference; Vivian, South Dakota, 23 July 2010.[157]
  • Largest circumference officially measured: Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). circumference, 17.8 cm (7.0 in) diameter; Aurora, Nebraska, 22 June 2003.[156][158]

Lightning

UV

Other categories

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See also: List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe
  • Highest air pressure ever recorded (above 750 meters): 1084.8 hPa (32.03 inHg); Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia, 19 December 2001.[162] This is the equivalent sea-level pressure; Tosontsengel is located at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level. The highest adjusted-to-sea-level barometric pressure ever recorded (below 750 meters) was at Agata, Evenhiyskiy, Russia (66°53’N, 93°28’E, elevation: 261 m (856.3 ft)) on 31 December 1968 of 1,083.3 hectopascals (hPa) (31.99 inHg).[163] The discrimination is due to the problematic assumptions (assuming a standard lapse rate) associated with reduction of sea level from high elevations.[162][163]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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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