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Jacobabad, Pakistan hit 116°F / 46.5°C on May 10th. This is one of the hottest temperatures we've recorded since tracking started.

Meanwhile Barrow, Alaska dominated the coldest spot for 72% of the week, hitting 6°F / -14.2°C on May 12th. That’s a 110°F / 60.7°C spread across the planet.

What’s interesting is that Phoenix is now appearing in the global top 5 hottest cities. The American southwest is fully in summer mode now.

1. First image shows the hottest moment: Jacobabad, Pakistan. May 10, 46.5°C / 116°F
2. Second image shows the coldest moment: Barrow, United States. May 12, -14.2°C / 6°F
3. Third image is the full weekly recap.

Data source: Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com/)

Background: started collecting real-time weather data to put on our TV screen and got so hooked seeing those 5-minute updates, so decided to share it with the community.

Timbuktu dominated the hottest spot for 54% of the week, yet Niamey snatched the actual peak at 113°F / 45°C on May 2nd.

On the cold side Tiksi and Verkhoyansk basically split the week between them. Together they held the #1 coldest spot for 93% of the entire week.

That's a 131°F / 73°C spread between the hottest and coldest cities on Earth this week.

1. First image is the full weekly recap.

2. Second image shows the hottest moment: Niamey, Niger. May 2, 44.8°C / 112.6°F

3. Third image shows the coldest moment: Tiksi, Russia. May 3, -17.8°C / 0°F

Data source: Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com/)

Background: started collecting real-time weather data to put on our TV screen and got so hooked seeing those 5-minute updates, so decided to share it with the community

Jacobabad, Pakistan hit 114°F / 45.6°C on April 27th, yet Niamey held the #1 hottest spot for 17% of the entire month while Jacobabad barely featured in the rankings until that one explosive peak.

Barrow, Alaska dominated the coldest spot for 32% of the month, which is almost a third of April.

Data source: Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com/)

Background: started collecting real-time weather data to put on our TV screen and got so hooked seeing those 5-minute updates, so decided to share it with the community.

Phoenix dominated the entire month at #1 hottest for 34% of April, peaking at 96°F / 35.5°C on April 8th. What's interesting is that on that exact same day, Buffalo hit its coldest point at 19°F / -7°C just 11 hours earlier. That’s a 103°F / 57.5°C spread within the same country on the same day.

The cold side was remarkably competitive: Boston, Buffalo and Minneapolis were all within 2% of each other for most time at #1 coldest, essentially a three-way battle all month :D

Data source: Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com/)

Background: started collecting real-time weather data to put on our TV screen and got so hooked seeing those 5-minute updates, so decided to share it with the community.

Disclaimer: we chose about 50 of the largest US cities to get data points from to keep it a bit more interesting, as otherwise Utqiagvik (aka Barrow, Alaska) was always in the top.