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Vancouver 5°C 41°F
Mexico City 13°C 55°F
Honolulu 25°C 77°F
12°C 54°F New York
12°C 54°F Buenos Aires
Reykjavik 5°C 41°F
London 12°C 54°F
Cairo 15°C 59°F
10°C 50°F Cape Town
5°C 41°F Moscow
31°C 88°F Kuala Lumpur
17°C 63°F Tokyo
23°C 73°F Sydney

Forecast Video

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Cold Spots

  1. 1

    Qaanaaq

    -22°C -8°F
  2. 2

    Bathurst Inlet

    -14°C 7°F
  3. 3

    Baker Lake

    -12°C 10°F
  4. 4

    Whistler

    -12°C 10°F
  5. 5

    Chesterfield Inlet

    -9°C 16°F

Hot Spots

  1. 1

    Khor al-Fakkan

    45°C 113°F
  2. 2

    Bhuj

    43°C 109°F
  3. 3

    Mao

    43°C 109°F
  4. 4

    Linguere

    42°C 108°F
  5. 5

    Keshod

    41°C 106°F

Temperatures are for the next 24 hours

Features & Analysis

John Hammond

Huge weather contrasts across Europe

Different pressure systems have brought huge differences across Europe, with heat in the east and storms in the west. As BBC Weather's John Hammond explains, the storms even spawned a freak tornado in southwest France.

Matt Taylor

Wettest April on record

April was the wettest ever recorded. Some places saw 3 times the expected rainfall. Matt Taylor has all the details.

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