I live and work in New Delhi - which is known for its extreme weather conditions: very hot summers and chilly winters. Yet, we who live in and around Delhi, really don't have much to complain about. If you want to know what a blistering summer can really be like, you should visit Al' Aziziyah in Libya.
Al' Aziziyah holds the world record for the highest temperature ever authoritatively registered when, on September 13, 1992, the mercury soared to a fiery 58 degrees centigrade. Death Valley, California, follows close behind, with a reading of 56.7 degrees centigrade on July 10, 1913. Both Amose and Mamoth Tank, also in California, have recorded a temperature of 54.4 degrees centigrade on the historic day of August 17, 1885.
However, the weather, as it occurs in different parts of the globe, shows a mercurial range of difference.
Thus, at the other end of the scale, is Vostok, Antarctica, where the lowest temperature reading ever of -83 degrees centigrade was made on August 24, 1960.
For those who feel that thermal variety is the spice of life, Browning, Montana, USA is just the place to suit their taste. On January 23-24, 1916, Browning experienced a temperature variation of 37.8 degrees centigrade (100 degrees fahrenheit) when, within a matter of hours, the thermometer dropped from 44 degrees fahrenheit to -56 degrees fahrenheit! In Olekminsk in Siberia, the annual temperature variation has gone up to 105 degrees centigrade, ranging from a broiling 45 degrees centigrade, in summer, to a biting -60 degrees centigrade in winter. Verkhoyansk, also in Siberia, is said to have fluctuated 106.9 degrees centigrade from 36.7 degrees centigrade in the summer to -70 degrees centigrade in the winter.
