List from Chapter 5

PLACES THAT HAVE NEVER RECORDED A 90-DEGREE TEMPERATURE

United States:

Anchorage, Alaska
Barrow, Alaska
Eureka, California
Leadville, Colorado
Mauna Loa Slope Observatory, Hawaii (all-time warmest: 71 degrees)

Other Countries:

Bergen, Norway
Bogota, Colombia
Cuzco, Peru
Dublin, Ireland
La Paz, Bolivia
Ponta Delgada, Azores
Quito, Ecuador
Reykjavik, Iceland
Wellington, New Zealand

...and, lastly, Vostok, Antarctica (not only at a polar latitude, but also at a high elevation), which hasn’t even recorded a temperature above zero.

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