Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland

[Judi Lynn]

By Brandon Specktor - Senior Writer 2 hours ago

On Dec. 22, 1991, it was colder in Greenland than on Mars.



A cold day in Greenland
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On the heels of the hottest summer the Northern Hemisphere has ever seen, U.N. researchers digging through the climate record have reported a chilling discovery: On Dec. 22, 1991, a remote weather station atop the Greenland ice sheet recorded a temperature of minus 93.3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 69.6 degrees Celsius) — the coldest temperature ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere.

The frigid new record, announced Wednesday (Sept. 23) in a statement from the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO), shivers past the previous record of minus 90.4 F (minus 67.8 C) set in two different towns in the Siberian Arctic, first in 1892 and the other in 1933. For comparison, all three of those extreme lows sneak past the average temperature on Mars, which is roughly minus 81 F (minus 63 C), according to NASA.

"In the era of climate change … this newly recognized cold record is an important reminder about the stark contrasts that exist on this planet," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in the statement.

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[SCliberal91294]

1. I miss the colder days

We don't get as many as we used to

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. This story will be trumpted

as proof global warming is a hoax.

*sigh*