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December 15, 2021

Thermostat Reached Unprecedented 100.4 Degrees in 2020 Arctic Heat Wave
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The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed last summer's Arctic
heat wave smashed the region's temperature record, which soared to 100.4
degrees in June 2020. The unprecedented high was recorded in the
Siberian town of Verkhoyansk. This is World Meteorological Organization
spokesperson Clare Nullis.

Clare Nullis: "We saw devastating, very widespread Siberian fires, and
we saw massive sea - Arctic sea ice loss at the end of the summer
season. And this heat wave did play a major role in 2020 being one of
the warmest three years on record. The heat that we saw in Siberia in
2020 would have been almost impossible without climate change."



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