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"...NOTABLE
GLOBAL HEAT AND COLD MARKS SET FOR AUGUST 2015:
Hottest
temperature in the Northern Hemisphere: 52.5°C (126.5°F) at
Mitribah, Kuwait, August 2
Coldest
temperature in the Northern Hemisphere: -42.4°C (-44.3°F) at Geo
Summit, Greenland, August 28
Hottest
temperature in the Southern Hemisphere: 42.5°C (108.5°F) at
Villamontes, Bolivia, August 31
Coldest
temperature in the Southern Hemisphere: -82.6°C (-116.7°F) at
Concordia, Antarctica, August 27
MAJOR
STATIONS THAT SET (NOT TIED) NEW ALL-TIME HEAT OR COLD RECORDS IN
AUGUST 2015:
Charlotte
Amalie AP (U.S. Virgin Islands) max. 35.0°C August 1
Nihonmatsu
(Japan) max. 38.0°C August 2
Ishikawa
(Japan) max. 37.5°C August 2
Chizu
(Japan) max. 36.9°C August 2
Higashishirakawa
(Japan) max. 36.4°C August 3
Osmaniye
(Turkey) max. 43.2°C August 3
Baku
(Azerbaijan) max. 41.2°C August 4
Salahaddin
(Iraq) max. 41.4°C August 4
Nemuro
(Japan) max. 33.6°C August 5
Attoko
(Japan) max. 34.9 August 5
Ikeda
(Japan) max. 37.1°C August 5
Nukanai
(Japan) max. 36.7°C August 5
Kamisatsunai
(Japan) max. 34.6°C August 5
Sarebetsu
(Japan) max. 37.1°C August 5
Taiki
(Japan) max. 35.8°C August 5
Taneichi
(Japan) max. 35.4°C August 5
Wakayanagi
(Japan) max. 36.9°C August 5
Senmaya
(Japan) max. 36.2°C August 5
Kashimadai
(Japan) max. 35.8°C August 5
Esashi
(Japan) max. 37.3°C August 5
Yanagawa
(Japan) max. 39.7°C August 5
Funahiki
(Japan) max. 34.9°C August 5
Ononimachi
(Japan) max. 36.0°C August 5
Monte
Rosa Obs. (Italy) max. 9.3°C August 5
Mont
Blanc Obs. (Italy) max. 6.1°C August 6
Yoneyama
(Japan) max. 36.3°C August 6
Shiogama
(Japan) max. 35.8 August 6
Otawara
(Japan) max. 36.8 August 6
Ajiro
(Japan) max. 36.8°C August 6
Kawamoto
(Japan) max. 37.4°C August 6
Oasa
(Japan) max. 35.1°C August 6
Chiba
(Japan) max. 38.5°C August 7
Genoa
(Italy) max. 38.5°C August 7
Albenga
(Italy) max. 38.0°C August 7
Capo
Mele (Italy) max. 37.0°C August 7
Strasbourg
Airport (France) max. 38.7°C August 7
Mergentheim
(Germany) max. 40.2°C August 7
Mannheim
(Germany) max. 39.8°C August 7
Lahr
(Germany) max. 39.5°C August 7
Frankfurt
City (Germany) max. 39.6°C August 7
Berlin
Kaniswall (Germany) max. 38.9°C August 7
Ohringen
(Germany) max. 38.9°C August 7
Wurzburg
(Germany) max. 39.4°C August 7
Gorlitz
(Germany) max. 37.9°C August 7
Plauen
(Germany) max. 37.8°C August 7
Wasserkuppe
(Germany) max. 32.4°C August 7
Usti
nad Orlici (Czech Republic) max. 37.4°C August 7
Stara
Boleslav (Czech Republic) max. 38.9°C August 7
Paseka
(Czech Republic) max. 37.9°C August 7
Dosky
(Czech Republic) max. 38.0°C August 7
As
(Czech Republic) max. 34.9°C August 7
Harrachov
(Czech Republic) max. 33.9°C August 7
Tuhan
(Czech Republic) max. 38.6°C August 7
Javornik
(Czech Republic) max. 37.5°C August 7
Krasne
Udoli (Czech Republic) max. 35.2°C August 7
Rychnov
nad Kneznou (Czech Republic) max. 36.8°C August 7
Wroclaw
(Poland) max. 38.9 August 8
Prague
Karlov (Czech Republic) max. 38.9°C August 8
Tuhaň
(Czech Republic) max. 38.8°C August 8
Pruhonice
(Czech Republic) max. 38.7°C August 8
Ceska
Lipa (Czech Republic) max. 38.6°C August 8
Javornik
(Czech Republic) max. 38.2 August 8
Pribram
(Czech Republic) max. 38.1°C August 8
Semcice
(Czech Republic) max. 38.1°C August 8
Doksy
(Czech Republic) max. 38.0°C August 8
Minsk
(Belarus) max. 35.8°C August 8
Kaunas
(Lithuania) max. 35.3°C August 8
Bajandaj
(Russia) max. 35.8°C August 8
Kurume
(Japan) max. 38.5°C August 8
Aso
Otohime (Japan) max. 34.6 August 8
Hitoyoshi
(Japan) max. 37.8°C August 8
Hong
Kong Observatory (Hong Kong,China) max. 36.3°C August 8
Happy
Valley (Hong Kong, China) max. 37.9°C August 8, New Territorial
record high for Hong Kong
Hong
Kong Int. Airport (Hong Kong,China) max. 37.7°C August 9
Trieste
Airport (Italy) max. 37.8°C August 9
Brest
(Belarus) max. 36.7°C August 9
Wamena
(Indonesia) min. 4.5°C August 15
Sisian
(Armenia) max. 36.2°C August 16
Vanadzor
(Armenia) max. 36.1°C August 16
Ardebil
(Iran) max. 40.5°C August 16
Santo
Domingo (Dominican Republic) max. 37.2°C August 27
Jerusalen
(Colombia) max. 41.0°C August 29
"NEW
ALL-TIME NATIONAL AND TERRITORIAL HEAT RECORDS SET OR TIED IN 2015:
As
of September 14, 2015, twelve nations or territories tied or set
all-time records for their hottest temperature in recorded history in
2015, and two (Israel and Cyprus) set all-time cold temperature
records. For comparison, only two nations or territories set all-time
heat records in 2014, and nine did in 2013. The most all-time
national heat records held by any year is nineteen in 2010. Most
nations do not maintain official databases of extreme temperature
records, so the national temperature records reported here are in
many cases not official. I use as my source for international weather
records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, one of the world's top
climatologists, who maintains a comprehensive list of extreme
temperature records for every nation in the world on his website. If
you reproduce this list of extremes, please cite Maximiliano Herrera
as the primary source of the weather records. Wunderground's weather
historian Christopher C. Burt maintains a database of these national
heat and cold records for 235 nations and territories
on wunderground.com's
extremes page. Here are the all-time national or territorial heat and
cold records set so far in 2015:
"Anguilla
set its national heat record on September 12, when the mercury hit
33.8°C (92.8°F) at The Valley Airport.
The
U.S. Virgin Islands set their national heat record on September 10,
when the mercury hit 35.6°C (96°F) at Charlotte Amalie Airport.
Note: the unofficial record listed by NOAA for the U.S. Virgin
Islands is 99°F at the Charlotte Amalie Airport in 1988, 1994, and
1996. Mr. Herrera has researched the history of temperature
measurements in the islands, and found that data taken at this
airport was generally reliable after 1998 and before 1972. Between
1972 to 1998, the data was seriously flawed, with minimum
temperatures up to 20°F from the real temperature.
Hong
Kong set its national heat record on August 9, when the mercury hit
37.9°C (100.2°F) at Happy Valley.
Germany
set a new national heat record of 40.3°C (104.5°F) twice this year:
on July 5 and August 7, both at the Kitzingen station in Bavaria.
Vietnam
tied its national heat record of 42.7°C (108.9°F) at Con Cuong on
May 30.
Palau
tied its national heat record of 34.4°C (94.0°F) at Koror Airport
on May 14.
Venezuela
set a new national heat record of 43.6°C (110.5°F) at Coro on April
29.
Laos
tied its national heat record of 42.0°C (107.6°F) at Thakhek on
April 20.
Ghana
set a new national heat record of 43.3°C (109.9°F) at Navrongo on
April 10. This is the third time this year Ghana has tied or set a
new all-time heat record.
Cocos
Islands (Australian territory) tied their all-time heat record with
32.8°C (91.0°F) on April 8.
Equatorial
Guinea set a new national heat record of 35.5°C (95.9°F) at Bata on
March 17.
Wallis
and Futuna Territory (France) set a new territorial heat record with
35.5°C (95.9°F) on January 19 at Futuna Airport.
"Israel
set a new national cold record of -14.2°C (6.4°F) at Merom Golan on
January 10.
Cyprus
set a new national cold record for an inhabited place of -10.7°C
(12.7°F) at Prodromos on January 9 (and also a new cold record for
an uninhabited place of -12.0°C at the new mountain station of
Troodos Square; unofficial readings in the past were as low as -13°C,
though).
"SPECIAL
MENTIONS:
"Antarctica
set a new heat record for its mainland of 17.5°C (63.5°F) at
Esperanza Base on March 24. Previous record: 17.4°C (63.3°F) at
Marambio Base, set the previous day. The World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) has appointed a committee to study this event and
determine if this represents an official record for the continent.
Note that this is a record for mainland Antarctica, not a territorial
or continental record.
The all-time maximum record for the continent and territory of Antarctica is 19.8°C (67.6°F) on January 30, 1982, in Signy Island, South Orkney, an island group located about 450 miles northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost portion of mainland Antarctica.
The all-time maximum record for the continent and territory of Antarctica is 19.8°C (67.6°F) on January 30, 1982, in Signy Island, South Orkney, an island group located about 450 miles northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost portion of mainland Antarctica.
Geologically, the South
Orkney are on the Antarctic plate, and politically, they are part of
Antarctica. This record was improperly listed as a territorial record
for Antarctica in May's global summary.
"Switzerland
had its highest reliably measured temperature on record in Geneva on
July 7, when the mercury hit 103.5°F (39.7°C). The only higher
temperature ever measured in the country was a 106.7°F (41.5°C)
reading on August 11, 2003 at Grono. As reported at the Swiss news
site swissinfo.ch, this old record was achieved "using an old
measurement technique of weather huts, which generally recorded
temperatures a few degrees higher than modern instruments."
Weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera agrees that this
year's 39.7°C reading in Geneva is the highest reliably measured
temperature ever in Switzerland, though the August 11, 2003
temperature at Grono was probably warmer (near 40°C), after
correcting for the known problems with the site.
"Samoa
was originally listed by Mr. Herrera as tying its national heat
record with 36.5°C (97.7°F) on January 20 at Asau, but a subsequent
review of the record revealed possible issues with the measurement
equipment, so this record is dubious."
WEATHERUNDERGROUND
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