'Alarm bells' as UN validates record Arctic temperature

[Martin Oliver Cloonan]

The UN has officially recognised the 38C measured in Siberia last year as a new record high for the Arctic,

The sweltering heat - equivalent to 100.4F - was seen on 20 June, 2020 in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk.

It marks the highest temperature ever recorded above the Arctic Circle, the World Meteorological Organization said.

This is the first time the WMO has added record heat in the Arctic to its archive of extreme weather reports.

It comes amid an unprecedented wave of record temperature spikes globally, the UN agency said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/1214/1266596-record-artic-temperatures/