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Brock Takes Personally the World's Weather Extremes
MET Norway's forecasts put Timbuktu at forty degrees Celsius, the hottest of sixty-seven big cities on every continent; New York gets a mild nineteen.
Watch it as it aired: Brock Thunderson and Hank Ledger on this story, from Wake Up, America at 5:00 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Wikipedia's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “The World's Weather, Ranked, Tuesday, October 20: the hottest”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 5:00 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Brock Thunderson and Hank Ledger.
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What BBN said about it

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHottest first. Timbuktu in Mali, forty degrees Celsius, one hundred four Fahrenheit, clear skies. Not one cloud. It's doing it to me on purpose.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a desert city, Brock. Twenty kilometres north of the Niger River, per Wikipedia. Forty is a normal Tuesday.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistColdest is Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Minus nine Celsius, sixteen Fahrenheit, clear skies. It's the capital, and it never once called me back.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe cold didn't call you.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWindiest is Honolulu, forty-five kilometres an hour. Twenty-eight miles an hour. In paradise! My windbreakers would all be in the Pacific Ocean by lunch.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs that bad? Forty-five seems fine for an island.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFine? Hank, a hat would leave. A hat would leave, and then my hairpiece would ask for a ride.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo what is it like here in New York?

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA high of nineteen, a low of ten, wind up to eighteen kilometres an hour, clear skies. Nothing happens. Nothing at all, Hank.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's an outrage.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSixty-seven and clear. Honestly, that's a pleasant number. I'd put it on a postcard and mail it to somebody I don't like.
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