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Vancouver 6°C 43°F
Mexico City 21°C 70°F
Honolulu 23°C 73°F
7°C 45°F New York
30°C 86°F Buenos Aires
Reykjavik 1°C 34°F
London 9°C 48°F
Cairo 22°C 72°F
27°C 81°F Cape Town
-3°C 27°F Moscow
24°C 75°F Kuala Lumpur
1°C 34°F Tokyo
18°C 64°F Sydney

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Cold Spots

  1. 1

    Bathurst Inlet

    -37°C -35°F
  2. 2

    Prudhoe Bay

    -35°C -31°F
  3. 3

    Baker Lake

    -34°C -29°F
  4. 4

    Hovd

    -30°C -22°F
  5. 5

    Ulaanbaatar

    -29°C -20°F

Hot Spots

  1. 1

    Exmouth

    45°C 113°F
  2. 2

    Presidencia

    42°C 108°F
  3. 3

    Reconquista

    41°C 106°F
  4. 4

    Formosa

    40°C 104°F
  5. 5

    Cordoba

    40°C 104°F

Temperatures are for the next 24 hours

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