Weather
26 records
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01 / Weather 302 mph Highest tornado wind speed measured 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado · Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, United States See record ↗ -
02 / Weather 214.4 mph Highest sustained wind in a tropical cyclone Hurricane Patricia and Typhoon Nancy (tied) · Eastern Pacific Ocean, off Mexico See record ↗ -
03 / Weather −89.9 °F Coldest permanently inhabited place Oymyakon · Sakha Republic, Russia See record ↗ -
04 / Weather 94.3 °F Hottest inhabited place by average temperature Dallol, Ethiopia · Afar Region, Ethiopia See record ↗ -
05 / Weather 1,379 miles Largest tropical cyclone by diameter Typhoon Tip · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
06 / Weather 4,015 hours of sun a year Sunniest place on Earth Yuma, Arizona · Arizona, United States See record ↗ -
07 / Weather 36 days Longest-lasting tropical cyclone Tropical Cyclone Freddy · South Indian Ocean See record ↗ -
08 / Weather 172 months Longest period without rain Arica, Chile · Atacama Desert, Chile See record ↗ -
09 / Weather 8 in Largest hailstone in the US (diameter) Vivian, South Dakota · Vivian, South Dakota, United States See record ↗ -
10 / Weather 1,300 deaths Deadliest tornado Daulatpur-Saturia tornado · Manikganj, Bangladesh See record ↗ -
11 / Weather 32 inHg Highest sea-level air pressure Agata, Russia · Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia See record ↗ -
12 / Weather 1,042 in Most rainfall in 12 months Cherrapunji, India · Meghalaya, India See record ↗ -
13 / Weather 219 miles Longest tornado path 1925 Tri-State tornado · Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, United States See record ↗ -
14 / Weather 95 ft Most snowfall in one season (US) Mount Baker Ski Area, Washington · Mount Baker, Washington, United States See record ↗ -
15 / Weather 25.69 inHg Lowest sea-level air pressure Typhoon Tip · Western North Pacific See record ↗ -
16 / Weather 2.6 miles Widest tornado 2013 El Reno tornado · El Reno, Oklahoma, United States See record ↗ -
17 / Weather 12 in Most rainfall in one hour Holt, Missouri · Holt, Missouri, United States See record ↗ -
18 / Weather 253.2 mph Highest recorded wind gust Tropical Cyclone Olivia, Barrow Island · Barrow Island, Western Australia See record ↗ -
19 / Weather 300,000 deaths Deadliest tropical cyclone 1970 Bhola cyclone · Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) See record ↗ -
20 / Weather 2.25 lb Heaviest hailstone Gopalganj district, Bangladesh · Gopalganj, Bangladesh See record ↗ -
21 / Weather 17.102 s Longest-lasting lightning flash Megaflash over Uruguay and northern Argentina · Uruguay and Argentina See record ↗ -
22 / Weather 515 miles Longest lightning flash Megaflash over the US Great Plains · Eastern Texas to near Kansas City, United States See record ↗ -
23 / Weather 62 ft Highest wave height measured by a buoy UK Met Office buoy K5, North Atlantic · North Atlantic, between Iceland and the UK See record ↗ -
24 / Weather 71.9 in Most rainfall in 24 hours Foc-Foc, La Réunion (Tropical Cyclone Denise) · La Réunion, Indian Ocean See record ↗ -
25 / Weather −128.6 °F Lowest recorded air temperature Vostok Station · Antarctica See record ↗ -
26 / Weather 134.1 °F Highest recorded air temperature Furnace Creek, Death Valley · California, United States See record ↗