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Flashback: Earth’s hottest temperature ever recorded was in 1913

Today, meteorologists and weather aficionados are gathering at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the world record high temperature. “On July 10, 1913, a temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded here, which stands as the hottest air temperature ever recorded on a properly sited and maintained […]

Cold dis-comfort: Earth set a new record for coldest temperature recorded at -135.8

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cold-dis-comfort-antarctica-set-record-1358 That’s so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe. A new look at NASA satellite data revealed that Earth set a new record for coldest temperature recorded. It happened in August 2010 when it hit -135.8 degrees. Then on July 31 of this year, it came close again: -135.3 degrees. The old record had […]