The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed the record-breaking 38 C temperature reported in Verkhoyansk, Russia last year. “The temperature, more befitting the Mediterranean than the Arctic, was measured at a meteorological observing station during an exceptional and prolonged Siberian heatwave,” the WMO said. The WMO’s World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive logs a slew of different data including things like highest and lowest temperatures, heaviest hailstones and maximum wind gusts. Temperature extremes for the Antarctic region (at or south of 60 degrees south) have been listed since 2007. “Through continued monitoring and assessment of temperature extremes, we can remain knowledgeable about the changes occurring in this critical region of the world, the polar Arctic,” the WMO said.

Source: CBC News December 14, 2021 13:52 UTC