Extreme Temperatures Around the World
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World
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Weather news. Climatic statistics and records. By M. Herrera
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SOUTH AMERICA RECORD HEAT

January Heat record allover South America
Colombia (Cartagena hottest nigh) ,Ecuador (36.4 El Coca), Brazil (several records in 3 States )...
Close to records also in Chile (38C in the South) and Patagonia.

January started with a boom
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 AM
JANUARY SUMMER IN TEXAS
94F at Mc Allen with full AC on in Southern Texas.

100s in MEXICO

Next days The heat in Texas will continue and the nights will become warmer and more humid.

AC on for the whole week !
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Starting from tomorrow dozens/hundreds of records of January high minimums will fall in Albania,N. Macedonia,Greece,Turkey,Bulgaria,Libya and perhaps Romania and Ukraine.

Continental areas of Northern Greece can record up to 5 consecutive nights with mins >15C -typical of JUNE.
This is what I was talking about
Weeks of boiling Central Africa and the hot air moving North to the Mediterranean while North/Central Europe is with harsh freeze.

Expect insanely warm nights even TROPICAL in SE Europe,close to the European Jan record of warmest night.
It's a hell of contrast....
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is what I was talking about
Weeks of boiling Central Africa and the hot air moving North to the Mediterranean while North/Central Europe is with harsh freeze.

Expect insanely warm nights even TROPICAL in SE Europe,close to the European Jan record of warmest night.
It's a hell of contrast....
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
RECORD "COLD"

After years of record heat nearly every single month, the tiny Australian territory of Cocos Islands tied its record of the lowest temperature ever recorded in January right on the 1st day of 2026: 21.0C.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Terrible cold in TURKEY
with up to -39C Today in the Mountains and also -33C at Erzurum
Not records but remarkable.
An exceptional warm spell is arriving in the Southwest and the contrast will be insane;
with MINIMUMS up to +19C in the Datca Peninsula next week.

Screenshot by MGM
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
This is just the beginning folk.
Expect another historic heat wave, possibly the longest in January in mainland.
Specially in Texas which will see the heat increasing,specially at night, with even MINIMUMS in the 70s.

Air conditioning in January,that's it.
HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN TEXAS
Once again, while US meteorologists failed again (0 cold records,nowhere even close), your author was the only one to see this coming:

93F in Texas, 100F in NW Mexico and widespread records including
89F San Antonio which tied its January record
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT

Historic Minimum 28.3C Chuuk
MICRONESIA HOTTEST JANUARY NIGHT IN HISTORY
and one of the highest in all Hemisphere in January

170+ countries are breaking heat records: we are witnessing the most record breaking days the world has ever seen and it'll get worse
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
‼️2026 has just started and thousands of records are being smashed allover the world in North,Central,Southern America,Oceania,Asia,Arctic,North,Central and South Africa and Antarctica.

We are witnessing the most record breaking days in history BY FAR and this is nothing to what's coming next week.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM
HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN TEXAS
Once again, while US meteorologists failed again (0 cold records,nowhere even close), your author was the only one to see this coming:

93F in Texas, 100F in NW Mexico and widespread records including
89F San Antonio which tied its January record
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 AM
AFRICA HEAT WAVE
Another day >40C in Cameroon and Nigeria with many more to come

‼️Starting from tomorrow the record heat will spread from the Sahel to the Sahara (35C coming to Algeria and Libya) and than the Mediterranean,including Greece and South Balkans

Ready for history ?
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
RECORD HEAT IN THE AMERICAS
Records are being smashed from Mexico to Brazil throughout the Caribbean and Colombia.

33.2 Carravelle MARTINIQUE HOTTEST JANUARY DAY

BRAZIL Records in Minas Gerais (Mantena) and Rio de Janeiro States
January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Historic heat in COLOMBIA

The famous coastal city of Cartagena recorded a Minimum of 26.9C, its hottest January night in history.

All tropical countries keep smashing records continously,everywhere,much worse than during the last Nino.

2026 started with widespread record heat allover the tropics
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The 46F/7.8C recorded at Adjuntas few days ago TIED
The Puerto Rican December record of lowest temperature (also set 3 previous times at the same place)
Consider that

-there is much unreliable old data in Puerto Rico

-Adjuntas lies in a kind of natural doline and it mostly races vs its own in PR
Note:
More details on the cool in PUERTO RICO

The station called Agricultural Center in my previous post is indeed Adjuntas Substation, a place quite "famous" among climatologists to irradiate very well at night and becoming colder (minima) than the mountain peaks.
January 2, 2026 at 10:56 AM
As your author announced first,after this brief cold spell (without any single monthly cold); another historic January heat wave is set to kick off:
It will rewrite history with an avalanche of records.

Expect 90s in Texas with even some Mins >70F.
AC is back for some Americans.
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Another no-freezing night for several stations in GREENLAND

It's possible that some stations pass a whole week without ever dropping below freezing.
That's crazy for January,when the no-freezing nights are rare and hardly ever more than 2 in a row.
Most of Europe is colder (minimums) these days..
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Exceptional warm nights in the whole Hemisphere
All tropics are with record heat;everywhere.
MINIMUMS
28.0 Majuro MARSHALL ISLANDS
27.9 Chuuk , 27.7 Pohnpei MICRONESIA
27.8 Cotonou BENIN

We are FEW DECIMALS from the Hemisphere January record

Also Min 24.8 Minamitorishima JAPAN
January 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
2025 also ended with record heat in ARGENTINA

Olavarria (opened in 1987)
Min 22.1 Max 38.5 Both new December records

Pehuajo Min 24.8 December High tmin tied.
2025 ends with a boiling SOUTH AMERICA
Specially between Argentina (40C en Buenos Aires AP) and Uruguay with 40.4C at Florida and where Montevideo had a December record warm night Min 25.5C with up to 40.4C.
Very hot in Chile Too:Curico 2nd hottest Dec day.
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
AFRICA
2026 starts where 2025 ended:extreme heat

Minimums up to 27.8C Cotonou,Benin
Only few decimals from the January hottest night in all Northern Hemisphere history!

Maxes 40C+ again with an exceptional 39.4 at Abuja,Nigeria

Next days record heat will spread to North Africa
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Caribbean starts 2026 with exceptional warmth..
The 3 ABC Islands had all Mins >26C.
In particular, Bonaire was just 0.1C from the January record of Caribbean hottest night ever.

Next days extreme heat in Mexico too with 39C in Sinaloa (NW) !
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Breaking:
2025 confirmed as CHINA Hottest year on record,
breaking the record of 2024.

"So strange" China setting new records, it just happens all the time.
January 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
ANTARCTICA HOLIDAYS RECORD WARM

25 Dec:
Exceptional +8.1C at the Zucchelli Base at latitude 74S.

-12.2C at Concordia at 3400m on the Plateau, a new monthly record and 2nd highest in history.

ALL TIME RECORD +10.8C Mirnyj

Record heat is in every Continent,like never before.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
EXCEPTIONAL MILDNESS IN GREENLAND
January warmest night in history for some stations,with Minimums above freezing;even above +5C ! (nearly SUMMER)
MINS >0C today
Paamiut
Maniitsoq
Nuuk
Angisooq
Nunarssuit
Sioralik
IKermit
Frederikshaab
Sisimiut

It will get even warmer next days
HISTORIC WARMTH IN CANADA

Incredible 7.6C at Pangnirtung
Highest December temperature in NUNAVUT

Record also at Iqaluit

GREENLAND also with September-like temperatures.
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 AM
INSANE HEAT WAVE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Absolutely freakish hot night on the highlands with Minimums >25C.
Records of highest minimums were brutalized with extreme margins in a large area
Particularly crazy the min 24.2C at Ixopo, nearly 4C above the previous record.
January 1, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Incredible story for Cuyo,Philippines.
After a WORLD RECORD with a whole 2025 without ever dropping below 24.8C,tonight during a tstorm it dropped to 24.4C (which would have broken the world record anyway).

Last time it dropped below 20C was over 1 century ago:unthinkable today.
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM