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==Extremes on Earth== [[File:07 July - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg|thumb | In recent decades, new high temperature records have substantially outpaced new low temperature records on a growing portion of Earth's surface<ref name=NOAA_July>{{cite web |title=Mean Monthly Temperature Records Across the Globe / Timeseries of Global Land and Ocean Areas at Record Levels for July from 1951-2023 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202307/supplemental/page-3 |website=NCEI.NOAA.gov |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814224818/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202307/supplemental/page-3 |archive-date=14 August 2023 |date=August 2023 |url-status=live}} (change "202307" in URL to see years other than 2023, and months other than 07=July)</ref>]] {{Main|Extremes on Earth|List of weather records}} On Earth, temperatures usually range ±40 °C (100 °F to −40 °F) annually. The range of climates and latitudes across the planet can offer extremes of temperature outside this range. The coldest air temperature ever recorded on Earth is {{convert|-89.2|C|F}}, at [[Vostok Station]], Antarctica on 21 July 1983. The hottest air temperature ever recorded was {{convert|57.7|C|F}} at [[ʽAziziya]], Libya, on 13 September 1922,<ref name="NCDC">[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalextremes.html Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525195312/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalextremes.html |date=25 May 2012 }} [[National Climatic Data Center]]. Retrieved on 21 June 2007.</ref> but that reading was [['Aziziya#Geography and climate|deemed illegitimate]] by the [[World Meteorological Organization]]. The highest recorded average annual temperature was {{convert|34.4|C|F}} at [[Dallol, Ethiopia|Dallol]], Ethiopia.<ref>Glenn Elert. [http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/MichaelLevin.shtml Hottest Temperature on Earth.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214045855/https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/MichaelLevin.shtml |date=14 February 2021 }} Retrieved on 28 June 2008.</ref> The coldest recorded average annual temperature was {{convert|-55.1|C|F}} at [[Vostok Station]], Antarctica.<ref>Glenn Elert. [http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/YongLiLiang.shtml Coldest Temperature On Earth.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910101217/http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/YongLiLiang.shtml |date=10 September 2007 }} Retrieved on 28 June 2008.</ref> The coldest average annual temperature in a permanently inhabited location is at [[Eureka, Nunavut]], in Canada, where the annual average temperature is {{convert|-19.7|C|F}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Eureka&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=1750& |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000 – Eureka |access-date=28 June 2008 |archive-date=11 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111091104/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Eureka&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=1750& |url-status=dead }}</ref> The windiest place ever recorded is in Antarctica, [[Commonwealth Bay]] ([[George V Coast]]). Here the gales reach {{convert|199|mph|km/h|abbr=on|lk=out}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-10 |title=The Places with the Most Extreme Climates |url=https://www.inkermannyc.com/blogs/news/the-places-with-the-most-extreme-climates |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Inkerman™ |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405221407/https://www.inkermannyc.com/blogs/news/the-places-with-the-most-extreme-climates |url-status=dead }}</ref> Furthermore, the greatest [[snow]]fall in a period of twelve [[month]]s occurred in [[Mount Rainier]], Washington, US. It was recorded as {{convert|31102|mm|ft|abbr=on|2}} of snow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/66569-greatest-snowfall-in-12-months|title=Greatest snowfall in 12 months|website=Guinness World Records|date=18 February 1972|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804170525/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/66569-greatest-snowfall-in-12-months|url-status=live}}</ref>
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