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Record heat in MADAGASCAR

35.0C in Saint Marie Island (also known with the Malgasy name Nosy Boraha) is a new record of highest Temperature in January after a very high minimum of 27.6C.

23.01.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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SUMMER IN WINTER IN GREENLAND

Crazy Temperatures tonight up to +9C (above summer average),persisting during the day.
24 stations at low elevations out of 31 above freezing today.

Kitsissorsuit is chasing the WORLD RECORD of the highest monthly temperature anomaly. >+14C !

23.01.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Ahead of an exceptional heat wave, SE Australia this morning was very chilly
In Particular the Tasmanian King Island dropped to 2.7C ,its January lowest temperature on record

‼️Extreme dangerous heat from tomorrow in SA,NSW and VIC with peaks of 46/49C until the end of the month

23.01.2026 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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This is getting ridicolous...
Records of historic hottest nights smashed in pieces again in INDONESIA

After its hottest day in history, Manokwari,West Papua,smashed by 2C the record of its hottest night with a MINIMUM of 27.8C.
Records are being broken and rebroken continously.

23.01.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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It's coming...!
A harsh winter cold spell (in reality a serie of blasts) is about invading most of the lower USA in the coming days.

In the meanwhile it's still warm/hot in the South and specially in MEXICO with
38C/100F in the North/South/East/West and up to 33C at 1250m/4100ft

23.01.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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RED SEA HEAT WAVE
Second Unseasonal heat wave of 2026 in the Red Sea after the record heat of Jan 1st:
Temperatures up to 35C in Saudi Arabia,31C in Egypt with some tropical nights locally >25C.

Tomorrow the heat will peak and records might fall.
Stay tuned.

22.01.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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While Central Europe is about witnessing another harsh wintry cold spell,more record warmth returns to GREENLAND πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±
Today +8.7C at Maniitsoq Airport (and rising) where minimum temperatures next nights are expected at up to +4C (3C above its January record !).

22.01.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

More insane heat from OCEANIA
Tanna,VANUATU broke its record of January highest temperature and all time Highest Minimum 4 times in a row

In INDONESIA records never end:
Today 35.7C Manokwari, West Papua
All time record tied (= few weeks ago)

22.01.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record heat continues relentless In Central African Republic.
Hot days and nights..
The minimum temperature of 22.3C at Berberati is the highest ever recorded in January.
Records are falling in every single tropical country.
Never happened anything like this

22.01.2026 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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EXTRAORDINARY
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN THE TROPICS
Records pulverized allover New Caledonia,Vanuatu and Indonesia
MINIMUMS
28.5 Aneityum
27.0 Tanna
VANUATU HOTTEST NIGHT EVER
NEW CALEDONIA
27.9 Ouvea,26.6 Koumac
INDONESIA
27.9 Luwuk,26.2 Labuha

It will last weeks!

22.01.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

bullcrap
the same charlatans who were shouting at record cold in November and December.
appalling ignorants who steal taxpayer s money

22.01.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Africa it was another day with >40C in CHAD
with the hot air moving Northeast.
Next 2 days we can expect 40C in Sudan, >30C in Egypt and tropical nights on the Red Sea coast.

Several records will fall allover the area.
Stay tuned

21.01.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Omani port of Sultan Qaboos ,near the capital Muscat, has never dropped below 20C once so far this winter

It's the only place in the world outside the tropics where all nights are...tropical (min >20C)
This happened only once in world history:
In 2024 in the same place.

21.01.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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AUSTRALIA HEAT WAVE
Another scorching hot day in Western Australia with up to 49.3C.

MONTHLY RECORDS
47.9C Carnarvon
High Mins
30.5 Kalbarri
28.9 Shark Bay

The record heat will move East and last the rest of the month with exceptionally high temperatures up to 49C.

21.01.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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HISTORIC HEAT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
4 consecutive Minimums >29C in Juan de Nova Island,French Southern Territories.
Unprecedented in climatic history of all tropical Africa south of equator.
Once again,climatic history is being rewritten.

21.01.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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INDONESIA ENDLESS RECORD HEAT
Another scorching hot night with Minimums up to 28C in Vanuatu and in West Papua (Indonesia)
New Records of Hottest night in history MINIMUMS:
27.2 Manokwari
26.6 Jayapura AP

Its last remaining glaciers,the Carstensz,are on its way to the extinction

21.01.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Heat is increasing in Central Africa:
Today it was the hottest day of 2026 in both Hemispheres with 50.0C in Australia and...
41.5C at Bokoro, CHAD
close to the national monthly record which will be threatened next days.

Coming Soon:Exceptional heat in Balkans,Greece and Turkey

20.01.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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From record warmth to record cold in few days

Incredible turnaround in Northern CHINA where dozens of January warm records were broken 1 week ago.

Today 5 stations broke their January cold records (3 Mins+2 low maxes)

In particular, -33.1C at Linxi is a new all time record low

20.01.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Nope,i don t think so.
it s the start because the heat wave will move anticlockwise from wa all the way to nsw crossing wa+sa+vic+nsw .
but it won t affect the same place for more than 3 days.

20.01.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BOM , of course
it s australia so it wouldn t be Kenyan or Germany meteorological service right ?

www.bom.gov.au/wa/observati...

www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW...

20.01.2026 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the airmass will move anti clock wise ,now in WA will end up next sunday in NSW after crossing WA SA VIC and NSW.
Saturday the tennis tournament in Melbourne should be better cancelled coz with 40C players are at risk .

20.01.2026 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

50 DEGREES IN AUSTRALIA πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed

This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air

20.01.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

❗️EXTRAORDINARY
Records hot nights continue in the Gulf of Guinea:
Minimum temperatures 26/29C all month:
Absolutely insane in January
Mins 29C in The Madagascar Channel
Mins 28C in SW Oceania
Mins 27C in The Caribbean

All tropics are smashing record after record:
Unprecedented.

20.01.2026 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

on saturday specially The Tennis tournament should be suspended day.
40C.

20.01.2026 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, Gorontalo record hasn' lasted much...24 hours
Minimum of 26.6C and hottest night in history
Crazy hot nights allover Indonesia which has broken heat records every single day for over 1000 consecutive days.
It's much worse than during the last Nino, at least in the Eastern Provinces+SW Oceania.

20.01.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Record again in the tiny RAOUL ISLAND ,New Zealand

After its hottest day in history for any month, now the island tied its record of January hottest night with a minimum of 24.6C.
We can't rule out that this record will last only 24 hours though...

20.01.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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EXTRAORDINARY UNBELIEVABLE
Records of Hottest nights ever recorded in VANUATU and NEW CALEDONIA

MINIMUMS 28.0 at Mare Island, Lifou Island and
Aneityum.
smashed the records with ridiculous margins

It's the most extreme event Oceania has ever seen and will get worse.

20.01.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

yes the heat will sweep Melbourne albeit only for a couple of days.
at least One day will be impossible to play without putting the players at serious risk.

Hot air mass will move anti clock wise,so the extreme heat won t last more than 3 days in the same place.

20.01.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AUSTRALIA EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.

Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.

19.01.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8
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Relentless record heat in Central Africa.
Abnormal minimums 26/29C continue every day, and maxes are reaching 40C again.
Cool season unexistent.

It will get hotter:
Expect an avalanche of records with temperatures increasingly reaching 40C.

19.01.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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