Weather Notes
In her excellent article on the lowest temperatures observed on earth Miss Stepanova [l] accepts- 64.8 ’ C. (-84.6 ’ F.), recorded at two sites on the icecap, as the lowest temperature observed in Greenland. It would be reasonable to expect that this value might be exceeded in other parts of the ice...
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| Summary: | In her excellent article on the lowest temperatures observed on earth Miss Stepanova [l] accepts- 64.8 ’ C. (-84.6 ’ F.), recorded at two sites on the icecap, as the lowest temperature observed in Greenland. It would be reasonable to expect that this value might be exceeded in other parts of the icecap. And indeed, a lower temperature has been recorded at the British station “Northicel’ (78’04 ’ N., 38’29 ’ W., elevation 2,345 meters). In looking over the radio-teletypewriter transmissions for Northice, early in 1954, we were surprised to note a temperature of-94O F. on January 9. In correspondence with the British Meteorological Office, we learned that this value was in error; the actual minimum recorded for that day was-886.8 ’ F., which was nevertheless the lowest temperature as yet recorded in Greenland’ This occurrence was later documented by Hamilton and Rollitt [2]. Instrumental error is shown to have been small. Altogether |
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