Climate Change Saw Siberia Hit 38°C, May Be Hottest Temperature In Arctic Circle

The year 2020 will definitely go down in history as the worst year the 21st century experienced. From wildfires to a global pandemic, we’re seeing it all.

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And while our world is still fighting with COVID-19, another enemy that’s come to threaten our world -- climate change and global warming.?

Reports have revealed a heatwave that has been breaking records in a town in Siberia, with the temperatures skyrocketing as high as 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees celsius. While this is still subject to verification, if proven right, it could be the hottest temperature to be ever recorded in the Arctic Circle.

The reading was made in Verkhoyansk -- which is actually known for being one of the coldest towns in the world with the temperatures going as low as -60 degrees Fahrenheit (around -51 degrees Celsius) with an average temperature in June to be around 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius). Verkhoyansk is home to a population of 1,300.

A report by Washington Post points out that even though the accuracy of temperatures recorded is yet to be confirmed, a weather balloon launch found unusually higher temperatures in the lower atmosphere that somewhat supported the claims.?

Moreover, the Post report also revealed that on Sunday, the town reached temperatures of 95.3 degrees Fahrenheit (roughly 35 degrees Celsius).

To put things into perspective, the region is farther away in the north when compared to Fairbanks, Alaska.??

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Another region dubbed Chersky -- roughly 1,120 kilometres from Verkhoyansk was seen reaching temperatures of 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius in the past week. In fact, researchers claimed that by mid-May, temperatures in the Arctic were the warmest ever recorded, this time of the season.

Talking about rising temperatures in Siberia,? Freja Vamborg, Senior Scientist at the Copernicus Climate Change Service in a statement to Time, “It is undoubtedly an alarming sign, but not only May was unusually warm in this region. The whole of winter and spring had repeated periods of higher-than-average surface air temperatures.”