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Highest world temperature: 136� F / 58� C, Al Aziziyah, Libya, 13 September, 19221
Highest USA temperature: 134�
F / 56.7� C, Death Valley, California, 10 July,
1913
(neither 140� F / 60� C
at Delta Mexico 8/1933 or 136.4� F / 58�
C at San Luis Mexico, 8/11/1933 are internationally accepted) 1
Lowest world temperature in inhabited area: -90.4� F / -68� C, Oymyakon, Siberia (pop. 4,000), 6 February, 1933 and also at Verkhoyansk, Siberia, 3 January, 18851
Lowest USA temperature: -79.8� F / -62.1� C, Prospect Creek, Alaska, 23 January, 1971 1
Lowest USA (48 contiguous states) temperature: -69.7� F / -56.5� C, Rogers Pass, Montana, 20 January, 1954. 1
Weight of air:
Cubic yard at sea level: over 2 pounds. 4
Entire atmosphere: 5.1 million billion tons 4
Winds
Fastest surface wind speed: 231 miles per hour (Mount Washington, New Hampshire; April 12, 1934) 2
Fastest tornado winds: 286 miles per hour (Wichita Falls, Texas; April 2, 1958) 2
Lightning from the blue: Lightning bolts can jump 10 or more miles from their parent cloud into regions with blue skies.
Temperature of lightning: estimated 50,000�F ( hotter than the surface of the sun )
Odds of being struck by lightning: approx. 1 in 800,000.
Lightning strikes: 9 out of 10 lightning bolts strike the continents rather than oceans.
For each lightning bolt that hits the ground, about 200,000 pounds of rain are also formed.
Number of thunderstorms: Nearly 2,000 thunderstorm cells are estimated over the planet at any given time. The U.S. has over 100,000 thunderstorms annually, the global average being 16 million!
Heat bursts are an odd atmospheric event that occurs in thunderstorms. Although most thunderstorms produce cooling gusts, an occasional parcel of air is pushed down from 20,000 feet to the surface, warming by compression all the way down. In Glasgow, MT, on September 9, 1994, the temperature at 5:02 AM was 67�F. A heat burst from a nearby storm shot the temp up to 93�F by 5:17 AM, tying the date's record high. By 5:40 AM, it was back to 68�F.
Last updated:02/27/2009