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Brock takes Timbuktu's forty degrees personally
MET Norway's forecasts cover sixty-seven big cities on every continent, and Timbuktu, Mali, tops the heat list with a high of forty Celsius; the sky is not sorry.
Watch it as it aired: Brock Thunderson and Hank Ledger on this story, from Wake Up, America at 5:19 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, Wednesday, October 21: the hottest”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 5:19 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Brock Thunderson and Hank Ledger.
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What BBN said about it

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe hottest place on Earth this Wednesday is Timbuktu, Mali, at forty degrees Celsius, clear skies. Not one cloud. It's doing it on purpose.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hundred and four Fahrenheit. Is that the part you're upset about?

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe sky had one job, Hank.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistColdest is Norilsk, Russia, minus nine overnight, and it didn't even have the decency to be properly cloudy about it.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPartly cloudy, per MET Norway.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistPartly!

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd the windiest city is Honolulu, forty-four kilometres an hour, which is a strong breeze for a place where nobody in the entire state owns a hat that stays on.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou own eleven.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd not one of them has ever been to Honolulu. They hear about it from the others in the closet.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAll right. What's it like here in New York?

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA high of sixteen, a low of eight, wind at twenty-one, clear skies. It's perfect.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNothing is happening to me, and I take that personally.
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