Daniel
Gabriel Fahrenheit, who invented the Fahrenheit temperature scale,
was born on this date in 1686. So some temperature and weather
related facts today - temperature records. These have been obtained
using the standard conditions of having the instruments two meters
above ground and not in direct sunlight.
- The highest temperature ever recorded was on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, California: 134°F (56.7°C)
- The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK was 101.3°F (38.5°C) in Faversham, Kent on 10 August 2003.
- Antarctica has only managed to get up to 59°F (15°C) (on 5 January 1974) whereas at the South Pole, the recorded temperature has never been higher than 9.9°F (-12.3°F) (on Christmas Day 2011.)
- The hottest temperature recorded in Africa was in Kebili, Tunisia, where it reached 131°F (55°C) on 7 July 1931.
- If you want consistent heat, the place to be is Australia - Marble Bar, Western Australia to be exact, which holds the record for the most consecutive days with a temperature above 100°F: 160 days, from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924.
- The coldest temperature on record was at Vostok Station, Antarctica: -128.6°F (-89.2°C).
- In terms of inhabited places, the record for being coldest is a tie between Verkhoyansk in Russia on February 7 1892, and Oymyakon, also in Russia, on 6 February 1933: -90°F (-68°C).
- In the UK, the coldest temperature ever recorded was in Scotland where it has reached -17°F (-27.2°C) three times. Twice in Braemar, Aberdeenshire (11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982) and once in Altnaharra, Sutherland on 30 December 1995.
- The fastest temperature rise took place in Spearfish, South Dakota when the temperature rose by 49°F (27°C) in two minutes on 22 January 1943.
- South Dakota also holds the record for the fastest temperature drop. In Rapid City on 10 January 1911 the temperature fell by 49°F in fifteen minutes.
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