By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
A new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent of +18.3C has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
It occurred on 6 February last year at Argentina’s Esperanza research station.
The mark was widely reported at the time but has now been validated by a WMO committee set up to check extreme weather data from around the globe.
The same group rejected an even higher Antarctic claim for 2020 of +20.75C, “recorded” on Seymour Island.
This again received international headlines, but the committee found the sensor set-up incorporated into a Brazilian permafrost experiment had not been properly protected from direct sunlight.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57676695
As the report goes on to explain. the record temperature occurred as the result of Foehn winds, which can add several degrees.
The implication is that temperatures like these are not “normal” on the normally frigid Antarctic continent.
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