A Look at the World's Most Extreme Weather

A LOOK AT THE WORLD'S MOST EXTREME WEATHER 2013 has seen some particularly unusual weather in locations all over the world, but how does this year compare with the last century? In this infographic we'll take a look at the world's most extreme weather, from the highest and lowest temperatures to the most rainfall and much, much more Asia O Africa HIGHEST TEMPERATURES North America South America Europe O Oceania Highest temperature recorded: Tunisia, 1931 56.7°C, Death Valley, California in 1913 55.0°C (131.0°F) Death Valley, 1913 Kuwait, 2012 56.7°C (134.0°F) 53.6°C (128.5°F) 48.0°C (118.4°F) Greece, 1977 50.7°C (123.2°F) S. Australia, 1960 49.1°C (120.4°F) Argentina, 1920 Asia Africa LOWEST TEMPERATURES North America South America Europe Oceania Lowest temperature recorded: -89.2°C, Antartica in 1983 Russia, 1933 -68.0°C (-90.0°F) -66.1°C (-87.0°F) Greenland, 1954 -58.1°C (-72.6°F) -24.0°C (-11.0°F) Russia, 1978 Morocco, 1935 -39.0°C (-38.0°F) -25.6°C (-14.1°F) Argentina, 1972 New Zealand, 1972 In this section we'll look at the main rainfall records from around the world, including most rain in one minute, one hour, 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, one year and more RAIN RECORDS Highest rainfall records Missouri, USA Lowest rainfall records Most rainfall in one hour, 1947 305mm (12 in) Most rainfall in 12 hours, 1966 1,144mm (45 in) Barot, Guadeloupe Most rainfall in one minute, 1970 38mm (1.5 in) Most rainfall in 24 hours, 1966 1,825mm (71.9 in) India Most rainfall in one year, 1960 26,470mm (1,042 in) Most rainfall in 48 hours, 1958 2,467mm (97.1 in) Highest average Most rainfall in annual total 72 hours, 2007 3,929mm (154 in) 11,872mm (467 in) Most rainfall in Least rainfall in 96 hours, 2007 4,869mm (191 in) one year 0.2mm in 365 days Réunion Quillagua, Chile On Earth Australia TORNADOES North America Europe The largest tornado on Earth was in Bangladesh on the 26 April, 1989. 1300 people were killed 600+ deaths Malta, 1556 695 deaths Indiana, 1925 1300 deaths Bangladesh, 1989 The largest / most severe: April 25-28, 2011 - 209 confirmed 3 deaths Queensland, 1971 tornadoes in 24 hours across 6 US states OTHER WEATHER In this section we'll cover some of the other types of extreme weather, including records for snow, wind speed, hail and lightning. *** Wind Speed The fastest ever recorded wind speed was 301+20mph by a radar unit in Oklahoma, 1999 Snow The most snow in a one year period was 31.1m (102 ft) in Washington, US between 1971 and 1972 Hail The heaviest officially recorded hail stone was 1.0kg (2.25lb) in April, 1986 in Bangladesh Lightning The longest lightning bolt ever recorded was 190km (120 mi) on the 13 October 2001 Data Sources Brought to you by: NCDC Global Measured Extremes | World Meteorological Organizaion Infoplease.com | Washington Post | Weather Underground | Mherrera.org South African Weather Service | Asian Tribune | India Meteorological Department BNO News | Japan Meteorological Agency | Malaysia Meteorological Department National Climatic Data Centre | CNRM.com | Met Office | Meteonet | ONAMET Australian Climate Extremes | National Weather Service (US) | Met.no Extremeweatherguide.com | Nationalgeographic.com | Dmi.tov.tr | EsMas.com World Meteorogical Association | Arizona State University | USA Today THE LAIR CONDITIONING COMPANY EST. 1986