In pictures and figures: the most extreme climate event in history

2013-06-20 2013-06-20T08:41:11Z
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ArabiaWeather.com- Omar Dajani Despite the mild climate of the globe that allows us to live on it, and despite the small size of the globe compared to other celestial bodies, this beautiful blue orb on which we live sometimes surprises us with extremely extreme weather events, far away All about moderation.

In this report, we will show you the most extreme numbers and weather events recorded on the globe, since the beginning of climate records in the nineteenth century AD.

Temperatures :

The debate rages and rages among climate record specialists in the world over the highest recorded temperatures in the world..but two numbers and two regions appear in the interface:

1) Al-Azizia - Libya 57.7 degrees Celsius on 9/13/1922, but it is said about this value that it is not accurate and was not taken according to 100% correct scientific conditions.
2) Death Valley, California, 56.6 degrees Celsius, on 7-10-1913

Death Valley - California

Lowest temperatures recorded:

On July 21, 1983, the VOSTOK station in Antarctica recorded the lowest temperature to date - -89.2 degrees Celsius.

Vostok - Antarctica

The lowest recorded temperature in the world in an inhabited place:

The lowest temperature recorded in an inhabited place was in the protective village of Omyakon in Siberia - Russia, where the temperature was recorded in the winter of 1933 (-68) degrees Celsius below zero.

Omyakon-Russia

rains

The rainiest region

The López region of Colombia is the wettest place in the world, with an average of 12,892 millimeters of precipitation per year.

A view from a rainy day in Lopez, Colombia

The most rainy area in one year

Mawsynram district in India experienced 26,000 mm of rain during 1985.

Mawsynram-India

Most precipitation in 24 hours:

The largest amount of rain during 24 hours was recorded by the Fuk Fuk station on Reunion Island located in the Indian Ocean, where 1825 mm of rain fell within one day on 7-1-1966, and this number is considered equal to what falls on many areas of the Arabian desert during tens the years.

Most rain in an hour
The city of Shangdi in China recorded the largest amount of precipitation in one hour, as more than 400 mm fell on the city on March 7, 1975.

Most rain in a minute:

The Maryland region - the east coast of the United States of America recorded the highest amount of rain in one minute, amounting to 31.2 mm, on July 4, 1956.

Rainy day in Maryland

The largest number of rainy days during the year:

The city of Bahia Félix in Chile witnesses the most number of rainy days compared to the rest of the cities in the world, as this city witnesses an average of 325 rainy days per year.

It rains almost every day in Bahia Felix - Chile

snow

The most snowy areas during one season

Mount Baker, Washington State, USA, witnessed during the 1998-1999 season the accumulation of 25.4 meters of snow

Mount Baker

Most snow accumulated in a single storm

The Norden region in California - USA, witnessed an accumulation of 4.92 meters of snow between the 20th and 23rd of April of the year 1880 AD.

Normal snowy day in Norden, California

wind

The highest wind speed in the world was 371 kilometers per hour, at Mount Washington in the state of New Hampshire in the United States of America, on December 4, 1934.

Wind on a normal day on Mt. Washington

The biggest hail

The state of Nebraska in the United States of America recorded the largest hailstone in the history of climate records, on June 22, 2003 in the city of Aurora, and the diameter of the hailstone was 18.7 centimeters.

The city most exposed to thunderstorms

The city of Kampala in Uganda is considered the most vulnerable to thunderstorms, with an average of 242 days a year.

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This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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