What was the hottest day in New Zealand 2020?

What was the hottest day in New Zealand 2020?

31 January
The highest temperature of 2020 was recorded on 31 January at Gisborne. The maximum temperature there reached 38.2°C, which is New Zealand’s 5th-highest January temperature on record, and the country’s 19th-equal hottest temperature on record for all months.

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded on planet Earth?

136.4 degrees Fahrenheit
Official world record remains 134°F at Furnace Creek in 1913 In 2013, WMO officially decertified the official all-time hottest temperature in world history, a 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit (58.0°C) reading from Al Azizia, Libya, in 1923. (Burt was a member of the WMO team that made the determination.)

What was the hottest year in New Zealand?

2016
The hottest year on record is 2016, when the nationwide average was 13.45C. Six of the past eight years have been among New Zealand’s warmest on record. The highest temperature of 2020 was recorded on 31 January at Gisborne, reaching 38.2C, the fifth highest January temperature on record.

Can humans survive 130 degrees?

Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, recorded a temperature of 130 degrees last month. In most cases, once a person’s core temperature reaches 107.6 degrees, the heatstroke cannot be reversed and will be fatal. If the humidity is low, humans can endure even hotter temperatures.

What is the hottest city in New Zealand?

Summer. Daily maximum temperatures are normally in the mid to low 20s (°C) over most of the country. They are higher in northern, eastern and interior part of the country; Hastings is the warmest city on average with 25.5 °C followed by Gisborne with 24.9 °C and Napier with 24.5 °C.

Where was the hottest place in New Zealand today?

The heatwave is being powered by hot air flowing over the warmer-than-usual Tasman Sea and unloaded above-average temperatures throughout New Zealand. Napier and Hastings took honours today with temperatures as hot as 37C, meanwhile, 36C was recorded in the Marlborough Sounds.

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