Temperature extreme maps

This webpage produces animations showing which meteorological stations are recording extreme cold or hot temperature values.

+ Near-real-time

+ Emphasize the difference between weather and climate

+ Animations summarizing record maps for the last 12 months

Be careful with interpretations of isolated measurements!

Characteristics
Type: ground measurements of surface air temperature
Spatial resolution: point (in-situ)
Spatial coverage: global
Time resolution: hourly
Time coverage:
12 last months