From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following table lists records of extreme temperature in territories of Asia.
| Country |
Lowest Temperature |
Highest Temperature |
| T°C |
Place |
Date |
T°C |
Place |
Date |
| Asia |
-67.7 |
Oymyakon  Russia |
6 February 1933 |
53.7 |
Tirat Zvi  Israel |
21 June 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Afghanistan |
-52.2 |
Shahrak [1] |
|
51.0 |
Zaranj [1] |
|
 Armenia |
-46 |
Paghakn (Shurabad), Shirak province [2] |
|
42 |
Ararat valley [2] |
|
 Azerbaijan |
-33 |
Julfa and Ordubad |
|
47.4 |
Göytäpä [3] |
30 July 2000 |
 Bahrain |
2.8 |
Al Muharraq International Airport [4] |
20 January 1964 |
47.5 |
Al Muharraq International Airport [5] |
15 July 2000 |
 Bangladesh |
2.8 |
Srimangal, Sylhet division [6] |
4 February 1968 |
45.1 |
Rajshahi, Rajshahi_Division division |
18 May 1972 |
 Bhutan |
-11 |
Bathpalathang [7] |
1998 |
40 |
Phuentsholing [8] |
1997 |
 Brunei Darussalam |
18.4 |
Bandar Seri Begawan [9] |
|
38.3 |
Bandar Seri Begawan [9] |
|
 Burma |
-6 |
Haka, Chin state [10] |
30 December 1990 |
46 |
Magwe [10] |
30 April 1980 |
 Cambodia |
8.0 |
Val d’Emeraude, Bok Kou (Bokor) [11] |
January 1929 |
41.4 |
Stŏeng Trĕng |
|
 China |
-52.3 |
Mohe, Heilongjiang province |
13 February 1962 |
49.6 |
Turpan (Turfan), Xinjiang province [12] |
13 July 1975 |
 Cyprus |
-7.8 |
Prodhromos [13] |
|
44.4 |
Nicosia |
1956 |
 Georgia |
-42 |
Qazbegi |
|
42.5 |
Chiat’ura |
31 August 2006 |
 Hong Kong (China) |
-4.7 |
Tai Mo Shan [14] |
29 December 1991 |
37.7 |
Ta Kwu Ling [15] |
1 July 2004 |
 India |
-30.6 |
Leh, Jammu and Kashmir |
|
50.6 |
Pachpadra, Rajasthan |
25 May 1886 |
| Alwar, Rajasthan |
10 May 1956 |
 Indonesia |
0.5 |
Diyeng |
27 September 1925 |
39.2 |
Bima, Sumbawa |
12 October 2004 |
 Iran |
-36.1 |
Saqqez |
12 February 1972 |
52.2 |
Ahvāz |
1 July 2000 |
 Iraq |
-17.6 |
Al-Mawşil |
|
51.7 |
Ash-Shu’aybah |
8 August 1937 |
| Ad-Dīwānīyah |
8 August 1938 |
| Israel |
-13.7 |
Tel Tanim (Tel ha Tanim), Bet Netofa Valley [16] |
7 February 1950 |
53.7 |
Tirat Zvi (Tirat Tzvi) |
21 June 1942 |
 Japan |
-41.0 |
Asahikawa [17] |
25 January 1902 |
40.8 |
Yamagata [18] |
25 July 1933 |
 Jordan |
-14.0 |
Ash-Shawbak |
|
48.8 |
Al-‘Aqabah |
|
 Kazakhstan |
-51.6 |
Astana |
5 January 1893 |
49.1 |
Turkestan |
30 July 1983 |
 North Korea |
-43.6 |
Chunggangjin |
12 January 1933 |
39.6 |
Wŏnsan |
20 July 1906 |
 Republic of Korea |
-30.6 |
Koryŏng |
|
40.0 |
Taegu and the inland basin |
1 August 1942 |
 Kuwait |
-6.1 |
|
January 1964 |
51.5 |
|
July 1978 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
-53.6 |
Ak-Say |
|
44 |
Chüy and Talas Valleys |
|
 Laos |
-3.2 |
Xiangkhoang |
31 December 1939 |
44.8 |
Louangphrabang |
April 1915 and April 1960 |
 Lebanon |
-22.7 |
Al Yammūnah |
20 January 1964 |
47 |
Hawsh adh Dhahab |
31 July 1957 |
 Macau (China) |
-1.8 |
Macau [19] |
26 January 1948 |
38.9 |
Macau [20] |
6 July 1930 |
 Malaysia |
2.2 |
Cameron Highlands, Pahang state [21] |
January 1937 |
40.1 |
Chuping, Perlis state |
9 April 1998 |
 Mongolia |
-58 |
Uvs Nuur |
|
44.0 |
Hongor |
24 July 1999 |
 Nepal |
-26 |
Thakmarpha, Mustang district |
|
46.4 |
Dhangadi |
June 1995 |
 Oman |
0.0 |
Ibrā’ |
|
50.3 |
Fahūd |
28 June 1994 |
| Saiq |
7 January 2006 |
 Pakistan |
-22.2 |
Skardu, Kashmir |
1910 |
52.8 |
Jacobābād [19] |
12 June 1919 |
 Palestine |
-7.1 |
al-Ḫalīl (Hebron) |
|
51.2 |
Qalya [16] |
22 June 1942 |
 Philippines |
3.0 |
Baguio |
7 January 1903 |
42.2 |
Tuguegarao |
29 April 1912 and 11 May 1969 |
 Qatar |
3.8 |
Doha |
21 January 1969 |
49.6 |
Doha International Airport |
9 July 2000 |
| Russia |
-67.7 |
Oymyakon, Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya) [22] |
6 February 1933 |
42.9 |
Ėlista, Respublika Kalmykiya [23] |
7 August 1940 |
 Saudi Arabia |
-11.0 |
Turuyfa |
|
51.7 |
Abqaiq [24] |
 Singapore |
18.9 |
Singapore |
10 February 1895 and 28 February |
36.1 |
Singapore |
13 May 1914 |
| Changi |
23 March 1955 |
 Sri Lanka |
-2.7 |
Nuwara-Eliya [25] |
8 February 1914 |
39.9 |
Anuradhapura [26] |
|
 Syria |
-15.6 |
Al Qāmishlī |
26 December 2002 |
49.4 |
Al Ḥasakah |
30 July 2000 |
 Taiwan |
-18.4 |
Yushan North Peak |
31 January 1970 |
39.6 |
Tawu |
May 1998 |
 Tajikistan |
-33.9 |
Rangkul |
|
46.0 |
Qŭrghonteppa |
11 July 1958 |
 Thailand |
-1.5 |
Dan Sai |
5 January 1974 |
44.5 |
Uttaradit |
27 April 1960 |
 Timor-Leste |
3.0 |
Hatubuiliku (Hato Builico) [20] [27] |
29 August 1927 and 1 July 1930 |
38.0 |
Vikeke (Viqueque) [28] |
31 December 1931 |
 Turkey |
-45.6 |
Karaköse |
|
46.8 |
Şanlıurfa |
30 July 2000 |
 Turkmenistan |
-35 |
Cheshme |
January 1969 |
50.0 |
Uch-Adzhi |
8 July 1944 |
 United Arab Emirates |
-5 |
Ra'alat Al Jees, Ras al-Khaimah emirate |
28 December or 29 December 2004 |
51 |
Al 'Ayn, Abu Dhabi emirate |
|
 Uzbekistan |
-40 |
Karakalpakiya |
|
50.0 |
Termez |
July 1912 and July 1944 |
 Vietnam |
-2.0 |
Sa Pa (Cha Pa), Lào Cai province [11] |
|
42.8 |
Lào Cai, Lào Cai province [11] |
May 1914 |
| Gia Lâm Airport, Hà Nội [11] |
May 1926 |
 Yemen |
-8.3 |
Şan'ā' |
|
46.6 |
Say'ūn |
16 June 2002 |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b The Integration of Biodiversity into National Environmental Assessment Procedures. National Case Studies: Afghanistan, United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- ^ a b State in Brief, Armenia Development Gateway. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
- ^ Weather Archive for Azerbaijan, Russia’s Weather Server – Weather Archive. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ Historical Weather: Bahrain International Airport, Bahrain, El Tiempo. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ Historical Weather: Bahrain International Airport, Bahrain, El Tiempo. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ Six more die from cold related diseases in northern Bangladesh, National News Agency of Bangladesh. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ The Weather in Bumthang 1998, Ministry of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ Mercury Rising, Kuensel Online. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ a b The Climate of Brunei, National Environment Agency, Singapore. Retrieved 31 January 2007
- ^ a b High of 40C, low of 13C in Yangon for 2003, The Myanmar Times and Business Review. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
- ^ a b c d Annales du Service Météorologique de l’Indochine, Année 1929, Gouvernement Générale du l’Indochine, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
- ^ 歷史上的吐魯番 (History of the Turpan), Epoch USA. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
- ^ Tables of Temperature, Relative Humidity and Precipitation for the World. Great Britain Meteorological Office (1958-1967).
- ^ Hong Kong Weather Reviews, University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ^ Daily Weather Summary, Hong Kong Observatory. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ^ a b Goldreich, Yair (2003). The Climate of Israel: Observation, Research and Application. Springer. ISBN 030647445X
- ^ McWhirter, Norris (1976). The Guinness Book of Answers. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424702
- ^ Weather in Yamagata City, Yamagata University. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
- ^ a b Macau Weather Guide. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ^ a b Anais Meteorológicos das Colónias Relativos a 1930, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 28 February 2007.
- ^ Ooi, Jin Bee (1976). Peninsular Malaysia. Longman Publishing Group. ISBN 0582481856
- ^ On the Lowest Temperatures on Earth, Monthly Weather Review, January 1958, pp6-10, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 18 March 2006.
- ^ Air temperature and precipitation daily data, Meteo.ru. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ Amin, Ammar A. (2004). The Extent of Desertification on Saudi Arabia. Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 46, No. 1, Springer.
- ^ Health the hot side of cold weather, The Sunday Times Online. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
- ^ Ceylon, Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
- ^ Anais Meteorológicos das Colónias Relativos a 1927, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 28 February 2007.
- ^ Anais Meteorológicos das Colónias Relativos a 1931, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 28 February 2007.
