"Temperature"

WMO said the chance of temporarily exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius has risen steadily since 2015, when it was close to zero.

Thailand’s freakishly cool summer is due to strong winds brought by a high-pressure system from China, not melting icebergs, the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) said on Sunday.

The temperature, at 38 degrees Celsius, was measured at a meteorological observing station in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk, about 115 km north of the Arctic Circle, on June 20, 2020.

On June 20, 2020, the temperature in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk soared to a searing 100.4 degrees - more befitting of the Mediterranean than far east Russia. Scientists with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have now confirmed the measurement is the Arctics hottest temperature on record.

Tourists who flocked to Doi Inthanon National Park in Chiang Mai were treated to a beautiful white frost that blanketed the mountaintop on Monday morning.

Thundershowers and isolated heavy rains are forecast for the Northeast, the East and the west coast of the South, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Isolated heavy rains are likely in the North and the Northeast, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Persistent rainfall has been forecast for most of the country, with heavy rain and isolated very heavy rain in the Central and East regions, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Thundershowers are forecast for some parts of all regions with isolated heavy rains in the west coast of the South, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Amid a prolonged, unforgiving heat wave in southern Europe and northern Africa, the temperature in the city of Montoro, Spain, soared to 117.3 degrees Saturday, setting a record high for Spain. This topped the previous record of 117.1 degrees in July 2017.

The heatwave coincides with rising prices for electricity, which peaked at 117.29 euros (138 U.S. dollars) per megawatt hour (MWh) on Friday.

More showers are forecast across the country, with isolated heavy rains in the North, the Northeast, the Central, the East and the South regions, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday.