On August 29, at 15:00 GMT (19:00 Yerevan time), the hottest place on Earth was In Salah, Algeria, with a temperature of +44.4 °C, while the coldest place was Vostok Station, Antarctica, with a temperature of -59.9 °C—data from Synoptic Stations.
“Synoptic stations are those stations whose observation data are sent to the World Meteorological Organization for international exchange and weather forecasting,” wrote Levon Azizyan, director of the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center SNCO.
