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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.

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  1. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHottest in the world this Monday is Niamey, Niger, forty degrees Celsius, clear skies, per MET Norway. Not one cloud.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNot a single one to name.

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

  4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  10. 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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