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All-time record heat in southern Africa
A heat wave in the midst of an already scorching summer has baked southern Africa this week, producing the hottest readings ever observed in a number of locations. According to weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, Botswana set the world’s first all-time national high temperature of 2016 on Wednesday, January 6, then exceeded it on Thursday, January 7, as the city of Maun hit at least 43.8°C or 110.8°F (officially rounded upward to 44°C). Herrera, one of the world's top climatologists, maintains a comprehensive list of extreme temperature records for every nation in the world on his website, which lists dozens of all-time local record highs set since the first of this year across South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. South Africa’s capital city, Pretoria, soared to 42.7°C (108.9°F) on Thursday--the most recent in a string of several all-time record highs there over the last few weeks. In the nation’s largest city, Johannesburg, an all-time record of 36.5°C set only last November has been topped several times, most recently on Thursday with a high of 38.9°C (102.0°F). The heat across South Africa has also toppled many all-time world temperature records for any location at altitudes between 1000 and 1600 meters (3280 - 5250 feet), according to Herrera.
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Map from @SERCC is truly incredible. All the "1s" are locations setting a record warm December. Many others top 3.
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