Dear Tom,
Our 5th grade science class is studying the sun. Can you tell us the highest and lowest temperatures in the world?
Chloe, Justin, Michael and Danielle
Fernway Park School, Orland Park
Dear students,
The temperature extremes on our planet span an amazing 265 degrees. The world's highest temperature of 136 degrees was recorded at El Azizia, Libya, on Sept. 13, 1922. Contrast that to a low temperature of minus 129 degrees measured at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983. Temperature extremes in the U.S cover a substantial but smaller range of 214 degrees. The nation's highest temperature was 134 at the Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913. The lowest was 80 degrees below zero at Prospect Creek, Alaska, on Jan. 23, 1971. Excluding Alaska, the lowest reading in the Lower 48 was minus 70 at Rogers Pass, Mont., on Jan. 20, 1954.
Our 5th grade science class is studying the sun. Can you tell us the highest and lowest temperatures in the world?
Chloe, Justin, Michael and Danielle
Fernway Park School, Orland Park
Dear students,
The temperature extremes on our planet span an amazing 265 degrees. The world's highest temperature of 136 degrees was recorded at El Azizia, Libya, on Sept. 13, 1922. Contrast that to a low temperature of minus 129 degrees measured at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983. Temperature extremes in the U.S cover a substantial but smaller range of 214 degrees. The nation's highest temperature was 134 at the Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913. The lowest was 80 degrees below zero at Prospect Creek, Alaska, on Jan. 23, 1971. Excluding Alaska, the lowest reading in the Lower 48 was minus 70 at Rogers Pass, Mont., on Jan. 20, 1954.
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