Extreme climates

• Highest temperature ever recorded in North America - 57°C (134°F) at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA
  • average max temp in July in Death Valley is 116°F!!
• Hottest urban area is Yuma AZ
  • high temps average 108°F in July
• Hottest place in the world - Dallol Ethiopia - located south of the Red Sea
  • average annual temperature between 1960-1996 was 94°F !!
• One of the coldest spots in U.S. - International Fall, MN
  • Average temperature in January is 3°F
• longest cold streak - Langdon, ND - winter of 1936
  • temp remained below 0°F for 41 consecutive days
• coldest temperature reading in US - Rogers Pass, Montana
  • -70°F on 20 Jan, 1954
• coldest areas of the US:
  • Yukon and the Northwest Territories of Canada
• coldest areas in N.H.:
  • Siberia and Greenland
• coldest temperature ever recorded anywhere in the world:
  • -129°F at Vostok, Antarctica