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    Countries with recorded temperatures above 48°C and under -48°C. Italy is the smallest country in the world to have reached both extremes.
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    Countries with recorded temperatures above 48°C and under -48°C. Italy is the smallest country in the world to have reached both extremes.

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    1. Above-and_below on

      Is Greenland the only region shown separately from the sovereign country?

    3. Green-Draw8688 on

      Had to look it up – that is crazy that Canada got a high of 49.6, that’s like Arabic Gulf temperatures.

    4. Trakinasbr25 on

      The stability of the tropics and very impressed that Chile with the Atacama had never reached 48º.

    5. Material-Spell-1201 on

      well, in Italy you go from the glacier of the Alps to African style islands in the south

    6. GoodDivide2331 on

      This map does not look accurate at least since the early 70s. Thailand has had days above 48C and I do not believe Canada was above 48C.

    8. ultron5555 on

      In my city, the temperature can drop to -48 in winter and rise to +48 in summer in the same year. 

    10. 7LeagueBoots on

      This year Vietnam will probably hit more than 48C.

      In fact, in some of the cities here it’s probably already hit this a few years back due to the urban heat island effect.

    13. GoodDivide2331 on

      I got it a very strange anomaly so technically it happened 3 times. I don’t think it defines canadas weather. Also I experienced similar anomalies in the Sputheast US but would not say it’s the weather in the area Additionally I have also experienced over 48C in Southeast Asia and anomalies in Shanghai. So while the map is technically correct it needs a statement that it includes rare anomalies.

    14. PositiveEagle6151 on

      The lows in Italy and Austria have been recorded in dolines, though. The lowest recorded temperature on an Austrian mountain peak was a relatively mild -37 degrees.

    15. AggravatingBox2421 on

      Such a fine day to live in the southern hemisphere. Heat sucks, but snow sounds miserable

    16. Wise-Monkey-7583 on

      Hmmm. Chile and Argentina are hard to believe that aren’t that cold in the extreme south and the Andes, but realy, only -39 and -37.