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The Tibetan and Andean Plateaus present one of the largest differences in daily temperature on the planet, as does the Western US and the western portion of southern Africa. High desert regions typically have the greatest diurnal-temperature variations, while low-lying humid areas near the shores (tropical, oceanic, and arctic) typically have ...
Since then, it has increased about a full 1°C—in a time period less than 1/3,000th the width of the top chart. Bottom chart: This 1°C increase, commonly called global warming, accelerated since 1980—a period less than 1/20,000th the width of the top chart. SOURCES (and related explanations): 1. Top chart (800,000 years): — Data itself:
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Highest average monthly maximum temperature [7] 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) Western Australia: Marble Bar: December Longest hot spell [7] 160 days above 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924 Greatest diurnal temperature range [7] 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) to 44.2 °C (111.6 °F) Eyre Bird Observatory: 5 March 2008 Greatest overall temperature ...
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This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .
The warmest day on record for the entire planet was 22 July 2024 when the highest global average temperature was recorded at 17.16 °C (62.89 °F). [20] The previous record was 17.09 °C (62.76 °F) set the day before on 21 July 2024. [20] The month of July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. [21]
The largest recorded temperature change in one place over a 24-hour period occurred on January 15, 1972 in Loma, Montana, when the temperature rose from −54 to 49 °F (−47.8 to 9.4 °C) . The most dramatic temperature changes occur in North American climates susceptible to Chinook winds.