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Vancouver -2°C 28°F
Mexico City 8°C 46°F
Honolulu 26°C 79°F
-5°C 23°F New York
24°C 75°F Buenos Aires
Reykjavik 0°C 32°F
London 11°C 52°F
Cairo 10°C 50°F
21°C 70°F Cape Town
-10°C 14°F Moscow
30°C 86°F Kuala Lumpur
10°C 50°F Tokyo
25°C 77°F Sydney

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Cold Spots

  1. 1

    Tungsten

    -40°C -40°F
  2. 2

    Ulaanbaatar

    -37°C -35°F
  3. 3

    Mohe

    -35°C -31°F
  4. 4

    Hovd

    -34°C -29°F
  5. 5

    Fairbanks

    -34°C -29°F

Hot Spots

  1. 1

    Robertson

    41°C 106°F
  2. 2

    Junin

    37°C 99°F
  3. 3

    Garissa

    37°C 99°F
  4. 4

    Choluteca

    36°C 97°F
  5. 5

    Same

    36°C 97°F

Temperatures are for the next 24 hours

Features & Analysis

Helen Willetts

Winter storm for Northwest US

A powerful winter storm is targeting the Pacific Northwest this week, bringing heavy snow, blizzards and icy conditions. Helen Willetts has more.

Laura Tobin

Record snow falls in Japan

Over two metres of snow fell on the Japanese island of Hokkaido on Monday, the most since records began in 1946.

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