Friday 15 February 2019

Countries with the most extreme weather conditions

Weather conditions define countries, and some have more extreme and unusual weather conditions than the next. To give you a rundown, here are examples of meteorologically challenged countries, with their populations experiencing extreme weather shifts and characteristics.

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United States of America. According to a report by National Geographic, hurricane-force winds are present for more than 100 days per year in New Hampshire alone.
India. Mawsynram in India’s Maghalaya state receives the most rainfall each year, according to Guiness World Records. The rain falls during its monsoon season between June and September, and receives 12 meters of rain annually. The hilly village of Cherrapunji comes a close second in terms of rainfall, with over 26 meters of recorded rainfall from August 1860 to July 1861.

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Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression has the highest average temperatures in the world: 34.4 degrees Celsius below sea level and has little to no rainfall. It is considered one of the hottest places in the world.

Russia. If you can’t handle the cold, then Russia’s Sakha Republic is no place for you. Considered as the coldest permanently-inhabited places, the average temperature goes below minus 50 degrees from October to April. An electronic thermometer was installed as a tourist attraction, which broke almost immediately because it couldn’t handle the cold.

Weatherman Jim Byrne currently works as the meteorological consultant for the Weather Channel program “So you think you’d survive.” Having taken up meteorology and journalism at San Jose State University, he served as the chief meteorologist at KCOY CBS 12 and was a freelance weekend weather reporter for NBC Bay Area. For more articles like this, visit this page