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Niamey sweats, Norilsk freezes, Wellington blows Brock's mind
MET Norway's forecasts for sixty-seven big cities put Niamey, Niger, at forty degrees Celsius, the hottest on Earth for the day; Wellington was windiest.
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, Monday, November 2: the hottest”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, November 2, 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 MeteorologistHottest in the world this Monday is Niamey, Niger, forty degrees Celsius, clear skies, per MET Norway. Not one cloud.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNot a single one to name.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hundred and five Fahrenheit. For the capital of Niger. That sounds like a normal day for it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistColdest is Norilsk, Russia, minus twenty-one, in fog. Fog! It couldn't even give me a clear view of the cold.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMinus six Fahrenheit. And Yakutsk is tied at minus twenty-one.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWindiest is Wellington, New Zealand, fifty-four kilometres an hour. That wind has read my wardrobe and chosen violence.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThirty-three miles an hour. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, so presumably they're used to it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNobody is used to being targeted, Hank.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFine. What's it doing here in New York?

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA high of nineteen, a low of eight, winds of fourteen kilometres an hour, partly cloudy. It's perfect. The sky couldn't be bothered.
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