Global Temperature Extremes
Learn more about the hottest and coldest temperatures ever, and how we measure it
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Show Notes
Every so often you might hear something on the news about a record high or low temperature being set. Usually, these might be records for a particular month, or maybe for a particular place. Temperature records, especially global records, can be very contentious and there are rigid rules surrounding how such recordings are taken. Some temperature records might take years to be verified.
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