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Only one country has set a record for its coldest-ever temperature in 2010. Guinea, in west Africa, recorded 1.4C (34.5F) in a nine-day cold snap at Mali-ville in the Labe region in January. Farmers lost most of their crops and animals.


Record temperatures in 2010


Belarus, 7 August, 38.9C (102F) at Gomel

Ukraine, 1 August, 41.3C (106.3F), Lukhansk, Voznesensk

Cyprus, 1 August, 46.6C (115.9F), Lefconica

Finland, 29 July, 37.2C (99F), Joensuu

Qatar, 14 July, 50.4C (122.7F), Doha airport

Russia, 11 July, 44.0C (111.2F), Yashkul

Sudan, 25 June, 49.6C (121.3F), Dongola

Niger, 22 June, 47.1C (116.8F), Bilma

Saudi Arabia, 22 June, 52.0C (125.6F), Jeddah

Chad, 22 June, 47.6C (117.7F), Faya

Kuwait, 15 June, 52.6C (126.7F), Abdaly

Iraq, 14 June, 52.0C (125.6F), Basra

Pakistan, 26 May, 53.5C (128.3F), Mohenjo-daro

Burma, 12 May, 47C (116.6F), Myinmu

Ascension Island, 25 March, 34.9C (94.8F), Georgetown

Solomon Islands, 1 February, 36.1C (97F), Lata Nendo

Colombia, 24 January, 42.3C (108F), Puerto Salga


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