Has Siberia been experiencing record heat?
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
By Devin Stewart
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Since January 2020, Siberia has seen repeated periods of higher-than-average surface temperatures. May this year was the warmest May on record globally with the most above-average temperatures recorded in parts of Siberia.
On June 20, the town of Verkhoyansk in northeastern Siberia recorded a record high of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). Two weeks later, the head of science of Russia's Hydrometeorological Center held a press conference to confirm the record reading, after the World Meteorological Organization had asked for verification. The previous high for the town was 37.3 degrees Celsius, recorded on July 25, 1988.
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