Extreme weather phenomena documented in climate records

Arabiaweather.com - Throughout the ages, our planet has been exposed to many extreme and unusual weather phenomena, some of which have led to significant changes in human life. However, with the start of officially recording climate records in the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, several "extreme" and unusual weather phenomena were documented. We will list a number of them in our report.

1- The highest temperature ever recorded in the shade:

The highest temperature in climate records up to the present time was documented in the Death Valley region of the US state of California in the summer of 1913 AD, when it reached 134 Fahrenheit in the shade, which is equivalent to 56.6 degrees Celsius in the shade.

2- The lowest temperature recorded in the world:

The lowest temperature documented since the initiation of climatic surveys was in 1983 AD at the VOSTOK station in the Antarctic region, when it reached minus 89.2.

3- The lowest recorded temperature in the world in an inhabited place:

The Russian village of Oymyakyon, located in Siberia, has the lowest temperature ever recorded in a populated place. It reached -68 Celsius (below zero) in the winter of 1933 AD.

4- The highest amount of rainfall per minute:

On July 4, 1956 AD, the largest amount of precipitation was recorded in one minute in the Maryland region on the eastern coast of the United States of America. It reached 31.2 mm per minute.

5- The highest amount of rainfall in a 24-hour period:

The Phuoc Phoc region located on Reunion Island, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, had the highest number of precipitation amounts within 24 hours, reaching 1825 mm on January 7, 1966 AD.

6- The rainiest region in the world:

The Indian state of Meghalia is considered the most rainy region on earth, as it witnesses approximately 467 inches of rain as an annual average, or an amount of 11862 mm annually!

7- The heaviest hailstone recorded in the history of climate records:

The heaviest hailstone documented was in Gopaljani, Bangladesh, on April 14, 1986, and weighed 1.02 kg. Huge hailstones at that time killed 92 people.

8- The driest area in the world:

The driest desert in the world is the Atacama Desert, located in Chile, with an area of 181,300 km.

9. The Longest Drought Period Documented

The longest drought period in which there was no rain was in the Arica region in Chile, where it extended from October 1903 AD to January 1918 AD, that is, it extended for approximately 173 months (more than 14 years).

10 - The largest desert in the world:

The largest desert in the world is Antarctica, with an area of 14 million square kilometers.