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 Fans of global weather facts
now have a new resource on the World Wide Web. NOAA's new Web
page answers questions such as: What's the hottest temperature
recorded in North America? What's the rainiest place in Asia?
What spot takes top honors for the coldest temperature?
Answers to these and other questions about extremes of temperature
and precipitation from around the world can be found at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/globalextremes.html
The new Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation
page is also accessible through: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/severeweather/severeweather.html
The new page is courtesy of NOAA's National Climatic Data
Center in Asheville, N.C. The center, now headed by its former
senior scientist, Thomas Karl, is the world's largest data center
for climate data and information. The center archives worldwide
weather observations, satellite, and radar information. It also
produces a suite of climate products that are used by scientists
and researchers around the world. The center also conducts research
dealing with global climate change. |
