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What is the hottest temperature recorded on Earth?

  • 125 degrees Fahrenheit in Holt, Missouri
  • 134 degrees Fahrenheit in Furnace Creek, California (correct)
  • 140 degrees Fahrenheit in Vostok, Antarctica
  • 130 degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley, California

When did the coldest temperature on Earth occur?

  • July 21st, 1983 (correct)
  • June 22nd, 1947
  • June 21st, 1983
  • July 10th, 1913

Where did the most rain in an hour occur?

  • Vostok, Antarctica
  • Furnace Creek, California
  • Holt, Missouri (correct)
  • Denise, Southern Indian Ocean

Which location experienced the wildest precipitation patterns?

<p>Denise, Southern Indian Ocean (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What weather record has stood for more than 100 years?

<p>Hottest temperature in Furnace Creek, California (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

the Earth's a big place with a wide variety of ______

<p>weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

hottest temperature furnace creek California in Death Valley reached ______ degrees Fahrenheit on July 10 to 1913

<p>134</p> Signup and view all the answers

the mercury dropped to 128 and 1/2 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in Vostok Antarctica on July 21st 1983 in the middle of the southern hemispheres winter there was no sunshine clear skies and calm winds making for exceptionally cold conditions numbers 3 4 & 5 the most rain in an hour a day and a year a long lasting moisture Laden storm dropped a foot of rain in a single hour on ______

<p>Holt Missouri</p> Signup and view all the answers

tropical cyclone Denise in the southern Indian Ocean dropped more than ______ inches of rain on the is

<p>71</p> Signup and view all the answers

the most rain in an hour a day and a ______ a long-lasting moisture-laden storm dropped a foot of rain in a single hour on Holt Missouri in the United States on June 22nd 1947 tropical cyclone Denise in the southern Indian Ocean dropped more than 71 inches of rain on the is

<p>year</p> Signup and view all the answers

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