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WMO verifies -69.6°C Greenland temperature as Northern hemisphere record
Press Release
Cryosphere, Climate
Publish Date: 23 September 2020
The World Meteorological Organization has recognized a temperature of -69.6°C (-93.3°F) at an automatic weather station in Greenland on 22 December 1991 as the lowest ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. The temperature record was uncovered after nearly 30 years by “climate detectives” with the WMO Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes. It eclipses the value of -67.8°C recorded at the Russian sites of Verkhoyanksk (February 1892) and Oimekon (January 1933). The world’s lowest temperature record, of -89.2°C (-128.6°F) on 21 July 1983, is held by the high-altitude Vostok weather station...
WMO Data Conference (Virtual Conference)
Meetings
16

Start date

16 November 2020
19

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19 November 2020
Location: Virtual
Earth System Data Exchange in the 21st Century (#WMOData) - Registration, meeting documents, information and poster session are available here .
Water
Water, Oceans, Floods, Drought
Water stress, water-related hazards and water quality pose increasing challenges to modern society. And yet, the capacity to monitor and manage this vital resource is fragmented and inadequate. Billions of people around the world also feel the impact of climate change through water.
WMO Space Programme
WSP
WMO Programmes
Observations, Space
Coordinating the activities of Members related to the space-based observing system component of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System to ensure sustained and interoperable satellite observations and to promote their applications.
1

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1 June 2003
Arctic sea ice minimum is 2nd lowest on record
News
Climate change, Cryosphere, Polar
Publish Date: 22 September 2020
Arctic sea ice – a key climate change indicator - has reached its annual minimum extent after the summer melt season. It was the second lowest extent only after the record low observed in 2012.
1st RA III Hydrological Advisers Forum (ONLINE)
Meetings
8

Date

8 October 2020
Location: Online
This meeting will be held online.
Briefing session on EC-72 procedures for the Regional Association I (Africa) Permanent Representatives (ONLINE)
Meetings
23

Date

23 September 2020
Location: Online
This meeting will be held online
2020 hurricane season exhausts regular list of names
News
Hurricanes, Tropical cyclones
Publish Date: 21 September 2020
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so active that it has exhausted the regular list of storm names. The Greek alphabet is being used for only the second time on record
Resources
Gender Equality
WMO is resolved in its efforts to achieve gender equality, empower women and build climate resilient societies. To this end, it is committed to mainstreaming gender in its governance, working structures, programmes and service delivery. It is also determined to attract more women in the fields of science and meteorology.