Extreme Temperatures Around the World

Max temperatures today:
99 TX
93 FL,SC
92 GA,NC
90 MS,VA
88 LA
87 AL
86 md.de,wv
85 NJ
83 IN,PA
82 OH

So far, thousands of records have been demolished, often with extreme margins.
But the worst has to come yet
What about 108F in California and 96F in Colorado?

HISTORIC SUMMER DAY -DOZENS OF MARCH RECORDS
93 Mc Entire SC
92 Beaufort SC
92 Metter GA
91 Seymour NC
91 Mackall NC
91 Claxton GA
91 Hunter GA
90 Kinston NC
90 Fort Bragg NC
90 Pope NC
90 Shaw SC
90 Columbia MS
90 Farmville VA
89 Wilson NC
89 Chesterfield VA
88 Florence SC
85 Teterboro NJ

SOUTH AFRICA ON FIRE 45 DEGREES RIGHT ON THE OCEAN

44.9C Alexander Baai All time high again
43.1 Paarl monthly record
42.9 Porterville monthly record
42.7 Worcester monthly record
42.1 Molteno all time record
40.0 Cape Point all time record

More records to come !

‼️IT'S HOTTER THAN SUMMER
Unbelievable MINIMUMS in the 70s as North as in Missouri,Indiana and Illinois

But only in the South Monthly records will hold
MINIMUMS
79 FL
75 TX
73 LA,MS
72 KY,TN
71 AL
70 IN,IL,MO
69 NC
68 AR,WV

MARCH RECORDS
79 Key West
73 Bay St Louis
67 Charlotte

yeah ever more...42 Molteno, 43 downtown, 41 malan ap...
and the nights...never happened anything like this
6C above any other night since CT was built.

CHINA WARM SPELL
Record heat is relentless in CHINA
Records broken every single day for weeks.
Today 27.6C at Zhangye broke its March highest temperature record plus 5 more mid March records.

ASIA ON FIRE

Another 42C day in INDIA and MYANMAR
42.4 Nandurbar,42.3 Vidyanahar,42.0 Minbu
36.8c Delhi, a record for the first half of March.

Another 20C day in MONGOLIA at 1300m asl
(and another one tomorrow).

Asia has been with historic heat for weeks.

ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY NIGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA
‼️Most of the Night at 35C in Cape Town
Records broken by up to 14C
Final 24hrs MINIMUMS Temp
31.0 Molteno
28.0 Cape Town
27.5 Koingnaas
26.8 Lamberts Bay
26.4 Springbok
25.5 Langebaanweg
24.8 Alexander Bay
23.1 Geelbak
23.0 Cape Point

SE ASIA ENDLESS RECORD HEAT
Record heat never ends in INDONESIA
Tonight the Minimum temperature at Ternate was 27.0C,its hottest March night in history.
Ternate has never recorded a colder than average month in 9 years.

ENDLESS HISTORIC SUMMER FRENZY
97 TX
93 OK
92 FL
91 GA
90 SC
88 LA,MS,VA
87 KS,MO,AL,NC
86 MD,IL
84 WV,DE,IA
83 TN,NJ,PA
81 KY,IN
79 MS

MARCH RECORDS
90 Claxton
90 Mc Entire
86 Mc Comb,Pittsfield

Absoltely insane,weeks of summer weather and tomorrow more records are on the way.

EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER NIGHT
Hundreds of March warmest night records (and they will last until midnight) including
74 Houston
71 Little Rock,Texarcana
69 Jonesboro
67 Joplin
66 Popular,C. Girardeu
MINIMUMS
77 FL
73 MS,LA
72 OK,AR
71 AL
68 MO,TN
66 KS,KY,IL
65 IN
64 OH
59 MI,IA

Note: In world climatic history,
There had never been such a difference between an old and a new record of a long time station
(the closest was last month in Central Asia):

Port Nolloth stood all night between 34C and 35C,
Before it had never had a tropical night (Min >20C).

EXTRAORDINARY
NIGHT Temperatures of 37C in South Africa and Namibia coast
Night Records broken by up to 14C: A World record

RECORDS
44.3 Lamberts Bay
44 Alexander Bay
41 Molteno
41 Oranjemund
HIGH MIN
30.2 Luderitz
26.6 Koingnaas
25.5 Molteno
24.1 Port Nolloth
21.2 Geelbek

Absolutely crazy heat in INDIA
Monthly records are being trashed even if it's the "coolest" part of March:
41.3C Diu, Gujarat today smashes its March heat record.

More records to come...

Record heat never ends in CHINA
Another avalanche of records for early March with the heat expected to increase next days.
Even Mongolian highlands can record 20C again on Thursday.
Record heat has been sweeping all Central,South,Southeast Asia for weeks.

Insane heat in ASIA
Thousands of stations at record level for early March
42.0C Rajkot INDIA
Also record early 40.0C at Mumbai
41C in PAKISTAN
38.3C in SRI LANKA
41C in MYANMAR
20c in MONGOLIA

All this never seen so early and wait for more !

pre industrial anomaly was +1.49C

February 2026 Globally,according to Copernicus,had an average temperature of 13.26C,which is 0.53C above the 1991-2020 normal and was the 5th warmest February on record behind:
2024 +0.81C
2016 +0.69C
2025 +0.63C
2020 +0.60C

105 Phoenix and 108F/110F california

by far the most extreme heat event in us history.

records will be broken by 10F/15F margins

nearly all the world is smashing records everywhere.
March in 10 days has broken more records than any full year in history and will get worse.

Breaking news:
ABSOLUTE INSANITY GOING ON IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
DAWN WITH 37c
37C at 5am at Luderitz Point NAMIBIA

All time records high minimums broken locally by 5/10C.
It's the most insane heat event in Southern Africa climatic history and it has just started !

Updates later

SUMMER CONTINUES in the East

95 Texas
91 Oklahoma,Florida
89 Louisiana
88 Georgia
87 S. Carolina
86 Mississippi,Alabama
85 Kansas
84 Missouri,N.Carolina
81 Illinois

Next days:Much hotter and HUNDREDS OF RECORDS

SPOILER
..next heat wave:105/108F IN THE WEST
AND US MARCH RECORD

BRUTAL HEAT WAVE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
A Historic event has kicked off in South Africa and Namibia

ALL TIME RECORDS SMASHED
44.0C Alexander Bay 🇿🇦
43.7C Luderiz Point 🇳🇦

Next days will be much hotter and dozens of historical records will be pulverized.

Extreme contrasts continue in ASIA
with cold in the West and unprecedented heat in Central.Southern and Eastern Asia.
Today up to 41.6C in INDIA (5 stations >41C !) and tomorrow we might see 42C.
Hundreds of stations have been at record levels for weeks for this time of the year.

Sahel and Sahara are heating up fast
Today the MINIMUM temperature of Tamale,GHANA failed to drop below 30C, this is the first 30C Minimum of 2026 in the Northern Hemisphere.
This is just the appetizer:
Next days we can expect up to 45C in the Sahel.

this month will be hard to find an area in the world without heat records.

EXTREME WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA

Queensland:Deluges with locally >200mm in 24 hours

Northern Territory:Rain and cool daytime temperatures near record levels for March

Western Australia:Fierce heat wave with 44.6C at Mount Magnet,provisionally the highest worldwide this month

SUMMER BOTH IN THE WEST & AND THE EAST
March Record heat at Laguna Beach in California with 94F. This is the appetizer of what's coming later this month (widespread 100s for a whole week up to 105F).

Upper 80s in Virginia and Carolinas with a new exceptional heat wave looming.

‼️EXTRAORDINARY WEEK🌡️

Next days will be the most extreme in world climatic history.
Dozens of thousands of records will be smashed in North and South America,North,Central and South Africa,Australia,Oceania and throughout Asia

The March world heat record will also be at stake.

ANOTHER SUMMER NIGHT
EXCEPTIONAL MINIMUMS up to 76F in Florida and Texas
Dozens of records of March hottest night in the East with MINS up to 69F in VA and NC.
Records include Fort Bragg,Mackall,Southern Pines

HOTTER Next week,than a 105F heat wave in California after mid March !

RECORD HEAT IN GABON
Another record in Franceville !
36.0C yesterday is its highest ever temperature in March.

Next days Africa will be swept by several fierce heat waves from the North (40C), to Central (44C) to South Africa (45C).
Records will be countless.