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Top* Global Record Counts since
July 2010 (pink=past week):
High+Low Temp. Records:
#01: 12Z 13 Nov 2019 (271)
#02: 13Z 07 Jan 2014 (256)
#03: 13Z 15 Feb 2021 (247)
#04: 12Z 20 Feb 2015 (234)
#05: 13Z 01 Jan 2018 (221)
#06: 14Z 27 Feb 2019 (217)
#07: 13Z 12 Nov 2019 (207)
#08: 23Z 20 Sep 2016 (202)
#09: 13Z 16 Jan 2024 (201)
#10: 14Z 26 Feb 2019 (199)
#11: 13Z 21 Sep 2016 (199)
#12: 12Z 25 Jul 2019 (198)
#13: 14Z 19 Apr 2018 (195)
#14: 13Z 16 Feb 2021 (192)
#15: 23Z 19 Sep 2016 (184)
High Temp. Records:
#01: 14Z 27 Feb 2019 (211)
#02: 23Z 20 Sep 2016 (200)
#03: 13Z 21 Sep 2016 (198)
#04: 14Z 26 Feb 2019 (193)
#05: 14Z 19 Apr 2018 (193)
#06: 23Z 19 Sep 2016 (183)
#07: 23Z 16 Sep 2016 (183)
#08: 19Z 10 Nov 2020 (181)
#09: 20Z 21 Mar 2012 (177)
#10: 20Z 02 Oct 2019 (176)
#11: 21Z 18 Mar 2012 (174)
#12: 16Z 07 Apr 2011 (173)
#13: 14Z 25 Jul 2019 (168)
#14: 20Z 08 Nov 2020 (167)
#15: 23Z 17 Sep 2016 (167)
Low Temp. Records:
#01: 12Z 13 Nov 2019 (258)
#02: 13Z 15 Feb 2021 (231)
#03: 12Z 20 Feb 2015 (228)
#04: 13Z 07 Jan 2014 (222)
#05: 13Z 01 Jan 2018 (205)
#06: 13Z 12 Nov 2019 (194)
#07: 13Z 16 Feb 2021 (177)
#08: 14Z 14 Feb 2021 (176)
#09: 10Z 09 May 2020 (173)
#10: 06Z 04 Feb 2012 (167)
#11: 13Z 02 Jan 2018 (164)
#12: 12Z 19 Nov 2014 (160)
#13: 14Z 16 Jan 2024 (149)
#14: 12Z 24 Feb 2015 (147)
#15: 14Z 26 Oct 2020 (146)
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(Unofficial) Record-breaking temperatures across the Globe
(Unofficial) Record-breaking temperature across the Globe
USA animation over the past three months
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Important Notes:
- The source of the historical data here is the NCDC GSOD (updated through 2023 as of 19 February 2024).
- The records are defined here using GMT, with the day resetting at 00GMT (7PM EST;8PM EDT).
- These records are NOT official and differ from official records that use a longer database and local (not GMT) time.
- Only cities having an NCDC GSOD recorded history of at least 35 years are shown here.
- With the additional year of data available (2023), 51 new stations (for a total of 3740) now meet the 35 year minimum record.
- In cases when there are multiple years of records for a city, the latest (most recent) year is shown above.
- Note that given the relatively short record used here (as small as 35 years), records will almost assuredly be set somewhere every day for the next several decades to centuries.
- Appreciation to R. Maue, E. Blake, and R. Remondelli, among several others, for feedback.