A Russian heat wave smashed an all-time record high in one Siberian town, possibly the hottest temperature on record so far north in the Arctic....#Earth
A Russian heat wave smashed an all-time record high in one Siberian town, possibly the hottest temperature on record so far north in the Arctic, continuing an off-the-charts warm year in what is typically one of coldest places on Earth. The high temperature in Verkhoyansk, about 9.5 km north of the Arctic Circle, topped out at 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday. If that reading is found to be correct, that would smash the town's all-time record of 37.3 degrees Celsius set on July 25, 1988. The average high in late June in Verkhoyansk is only around 20 degrees Celsius. Let that sink in for a moment.