The UN on Tuesday officially recognised the 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia last year as a new record high for the Arctic, sounding 'alarm bells' over climate change.
Verkhoyansk lies about 115 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle and temperatures have been measured there since 1885.
The average temperatures across Arctic Siberia reached up to 10 degrees Celsius above normal for much of the summer last year, it said, adding that this had fuelled fires and massive sea-ice loss. The WMO is still seeking to verify the 54.4 degrees Celsius recorded in both 2020 and 2021 in the world's hottest place, Death Valley in California.
"This investigation highlights the increasing temperatures occurring for a climatically important region of the world," said agency weather expert Randall Cerveny.Climate change threats missing from government plans to save Australia's endangered species
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