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Rainfall |
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Most intense 1.50 inches in one minute November 26, 1970 Barst Guadeloupe |
Highest temperature 134°F July 10, 1913 Death Valley, Calif. |
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Most rainfall in one day 73.62 inches on March 15, 1952 Cilaos, La Re´union, Indian Ocean |
Highest annual average temperature 94°F from 1960 to 1966 Dallol, Ethiopia |
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Highest average yearly rainfall 472 inches average yearly rainfall Mount Waialeale, Hawaii |
Hottest inhabited location 86°F average annual temperature Djibouti, Djibouti |
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Wettest inhabited place 265.47 inches average yearly rainfall Buenaventura, Colombia |
Lowest temperature -129°F July 21, 1983 Vostok, Antarctica |
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Driest inhabited location 0.003 average rainfall per year Atacama Desert, Chile |
Lowest annual average temperature -72°F Pole of Inaccessibility, Antarctica |
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World's driest location 0.02 average rainfall per year Aswan, Egypt |
Coldest inhabited location 12.4°F average annual temperature Noril'sk, Russia |
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Wind |
Great Temperature Change |
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Fastest jet stream speed 408 miles per hour on December 13, 1967 Outer Hebrides, Scotland |
Great Temperature Change in one day Drop from +44°F to -56°F or 100°F January 23, 1916 in Browning, Montana |
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Fastest measured wind in a tornado 318 miles per hour May 3, 1999 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Fastest temperature change Rise from -4°F to +45°F in two minutes Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota January 22, 1943 |
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Highest wind Gust 231 miles per hour on April 12, 1934 Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
Heaviest Hailstone 7.5 pounds on March 10, 1939 Hyderabad, India |
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Most Deadly Atl. Hurricane (Mitch) 11,000 people killed & 5 billion in damage Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Mexico October 1998 |
Worst Ice Storm $650 million in damage in January 1998 Eastern Canada & NE USA |
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Most Deadly Tornado 1300 people killed Shaturia, Bangladesh April 26, 1989 |
Greatest Annual Sunshine 4,300 hours 97% of the maximum possible Eastern Sahara |
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Snowfall Greatest single snowfall 189inches from February 13-19 1959 Mount Shasta Ski Bowl |
Snowfall Highest Seasonal Snowfall 1126 inches in winter of 1998-1999 Mount Baker, Washington |
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Information from Weather Watcher's Resource Guide - Discovery Channel - July 1999 |
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