some weather records....

[kickserv]

Coldest temperature on record
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Vostok, Antarctica -128.6 ?F (-89.2 ?C)


Hottest temperature on record
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al'Aziziyah, Libya +57.7 Celsius (136 F)



Antofagasta Region, Atacama Desert, Chile has never had rain......:scared (never recorded)

 

[vinnie]

Sequim, North Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.

 

[kickserv]

how would ya like to live in Vostok, Antarctica :mj07: :mj07:

 

[Morris]

how would ya like to live in Vostok, Antarctica :mj07: :mj07:

Somebody must? :shrug: I'll bet not a lot!

 

[Old School]

In addition to the cold temperatures, other factors make Vostok one of the most difficult places on Earth for human habitation:

An almost complete lack of moisture in the air.
An average windspeed of 5 m/s (11 mi/h), sometimes rising to as high as 27 m/s (60 mi/h).
An acute lack of oxygen because of the high 3,488-meter (11,444 ft) altitude. Accounting for the fact that oxygen density gets lower as one approaches the poles, it is estimated that the oxygen density at Vostok is equivalent to that of a mountain over 5,000 meters (16,400 ft) tall at more temperate latitudes.
A higher ionization of the air.
A partial pressure of gases that is different from that which most humans are used to.
A lack of carbon dioxide in the air, which leads to irregularities in a person's breathing mechanism.
A polar night that lasts three months of the year.
Acclimatization to such conditions can take from a week to two months and is accompanied by headaches, eye twitches, ear pains, nose bleeds, perceived suffocation, sudden rises in blood pressure, loss of sleep, reduced appetite, vomiting, joint and muscle pain, and weight loss of 3-5 kg (7-11 lb) (sometimes as high as 12 kg (26 lb)).

The station typically contains 25 scientists and engineers in the summer?in winter, their number drops to 13.

 

[kickserv]

ok it is official....I will not live in Vostok :mj07: :mj07:


hardcore scientists let me tell ya:scared

 

[Destructor D]

I have heard it's been 140 degrees in Death Valley.