Each continent around the globe faces the challenge of extreme weather and here is a list of each continent’s most extreme highest and lowest recorded temperatures.

AFRICA

HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Al’Aziziyah, Libya 57.7 C (135.9 F) on the 13th September, 1922

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Ifrane, Morocco -23.9 C (-11.0 F) on the 11th February, 1935

HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Hope Bay 14.6 C (58.3 F) on the 5th January, 1974

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Vostock II -89.2 C (-128.6 F) on the 21st July, 1983

• Tirat Tsvi, Israel 53.9 C (129.0 F) on the 21st June, 1942

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Verkhoyansk, Siberia -69.8 C (-93.6 F) on the 7th February, 1892

• Oodnadatta, South Australia 50.7 C (123.3 F) on the 2nd January, 1960

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Charlotte Pass, New South Wales -23.0 C (-9.4 F) on the 29th June, 1994

• Seville, Spain 50.0 C (122.0 F) on the 4th August, 1881

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Ust-Shchugor, Russia -55.0 C (-67.0 F) no date available

• Death Valley, USA 56.7 C (134.0 F) on the 10th July, 1913

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Snag, Canada -63.0 C (-81.4 F) on the 3rd February, 1947

• Rivadavia, Argentina 48.9 C (120.0 F) on the 11th December, 1905

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

• Sarmiento, Argentina -33.0 C (-27.4 F) on the 1st June, 1907