Earth Report – Global Disaster Watch
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 45.0 degrees Celsius (113 degrees F) at Kayes, Mali.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 67.0 degrees Celsius (-89 degrees F) at Vostok, Antarctica.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 45.0 degrees Celsius (113 degrees F) at Matam, Senegal.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 65.0 degrees Celsius (-85 degrees F) at Vostok, Antarctica.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 46.0 degrees Celsius (115 degrees F) at Matam, Senegal.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 59.0 degrees Celsius (-74 degrees F) at Vostok, Antarctica.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 45.0 degrees Celsius (110 degrees F) at Linguère, Senegal.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 91.0 degrees Celsius (-74 degrees F) at Vostok, Antarctica.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 43.0 degrees Celsius (110 degrees F) at Twee Riviera, South Africa.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 59.0 degrees Celsius (-74 degrees F) at Vostok, Antarctica.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 46.0 degrees Celsius (115 degrees F) at Eucla. Western Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 56.0 degrees Celsius (-69 degrees F) at Oimyakon, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 44.0 degrees Celsius (111 degrees F) at Learmonth, Victoria, Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 58.0 degrees Celsius (-72 degrees F) at Oimyakon, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Polar Vortex on the Sun
A long, looping filament of plasma snapped over the sun’s north pole, creating a ‘polar vortex’ that scientists can’t explain. On Feb. 2, a massive tentacle of plasma snapped apart in the sun’s atmosphere before tumbling down, circling the star’s north pole at thousands of miles a minute, and then disappearing — leaving scientists baffled.
Essentially, a long filament of plasma — the electrically charged gas that all stars are made of — shot out of the sun’s surface, creating a huge looping feature called a prominence. These structures are common and can loop into space for hundreds of thousands of miles as solar plasma spirals along tangled magnetic field lines. What is strange, however, is for a prominence to suddenly break apart and then remain airborne for hours, swirling around the sun’s poles.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 42.0 degrees Celsius (107 degrees F) at Geraldton, Western Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 56.0 degrees Celsius (-69 degrees F) at Oimyakon, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 42.0 degrees Celsius (107 degrees F) at Port Hedland, Western Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 53.0 degrees Celsius (-63 degrees F) at Sholohonsky, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 46.0 degrees Celsius (115 degrees F) at Rivadavia, Salta, Argentina.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 56.0 degrees Celsius (-69 degrees F) at Verkhoyansk, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 47.0 degrees Celsius (117 degrees F) at Mardie, Western Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 61.0 degrees Celsius (-78 degrees F) at Shologonsky, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 43.0 degrees Celsius (113 degrees F) at Geraldton, Western Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 62.0 degrees Celsius (-67 degrees F) at Dzhalinda, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Global Temperature Extremes
The week’s hottest temperature was 45.0 degrees Celsius (113 degrees F) at Dampier, Western Australia.
The week’s coldest temperature was minus 55.0 degrees Celsius (-67 degrees F) at Oimyakon, Siberia.
Temperatures were tabulated from the more than 10,000 worldwide synoptic weather stations. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization sets the standards for weather observations, and provides a global telecommunications circuit for data distribution.
Quadrantid Meteor Shower
The first meteor shower of 2023, the Quadrantids, is coming up — and it may be one of the most spectacular showers of the year. The Quadrantids are active from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16 but will peak on Jan. 2 and 3. At the peak, viewers can expect an average of 80 meteors per hour streaking through Earth’s atmosphere, according to NASA(opens in new tab). — although the shower could produce up to 200 per hour. Most notably, the Quadrantids are known for producing dramatic fireball meteors, which are longer and brighter than typical meteors because they originate from bigger pieces of debris.
The Quadrantids are the debris trail of an asteroid called 2003 EH1, which was discovered in the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) in 2003. The asteroid is about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) across and may be the remnants of an extinct comet