In the summer months of the last few years, we allmore often we complain about the intolerable heat of July or August. This topic always comes up in everyday conversations where we complain about intolerable climatic conditions. It is especially hard for residents of large cities. The same topic regularly appears on the pages and in the video plots of the media: "Today the highest temperature in the last n years is recorded ..." and "The temperature record is again broken ..." In this connection, it would be interesting to know which temperatures are possible at our planet.
And above all about Russia
Yes, it was in our country that one was recorded.from weather temperature records among populated areas of the Earth. But it was not the highest temperature, but the lowest. In the city of Oymyakon, which is located in Yakutia, just 350 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, the temperature was -71.2 ° C. It happened in 1926. For a resident of the middle belt or the southern regions, it is even difficult to imagine such a cold! By the way, the inhabitants of the city immortalized this moment by installing a memorial plaque.
Station "Vostok"
Canadian frosts
This country is the northernmost in the western hemisphere,therefore, it is not surprising that Canada also boasts (or complains) of record low temperatures. At the Eureka meteorological station, the average annual temperature is -20 ° C. In winter, it regularly drops to –40 ° С.
Hot Libya
Now a little go through the places, the temperaturewhich contrasts sharply with the above. After all, here is the highest temperature on the planet! For example, Libya is famous for its incredibly high temperature. And in the town of Al-Azizia, which is 40 kilometers south of Tripoli, the highest temperature on Earth among the settlements was recorded. In September 1922, it was +58 ° C. This inferno, in comparison with which the heat of our country will seem like a light spring warmth!
And again, Libya
If native Russia presented us the lowesttemperature records, otherwise Libya is leading. In 2004-2005, the highest temperature on the earth's surface was recorded in the local Dashti-Lut desert. It was +70 ° C. Interestingly, this same desert is also the driest place on earth (along with the Chilean Atacama desert). No living creature, not even bacteria, can survive here!
Hot ethiopia
А вот в этой стране среднегодичная наивысшая temperature around the globe. The local area of Dallol is located 116 meters below sea level and is covered with volcanic salt. Of course, nothing living lives here. And the temperature in the local conditions is +34.4 ° C on average per year.
