2011 Event The South Pole records its warmest temperature at -12.3 degrees Celsius at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station 2009 Event Melbourne, Australia records highest-ever temperature, sparking the deadliest brushfires in Australian history 1994 Event 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 1992 Event Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3 degrees F (37.4 degrees C) 1989 Event 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature 1988 Event 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1988 Event Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City 1988 Event Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) 1988 Event 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1982 Event 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December 1982 Event 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1982 Event Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F 1972 Event 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1968 Event 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1964 Event 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April 1961 Event 106 degrees F, hottest temperature in San Francisco 1961 Event Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale 1953 Event 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1950 Event 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 Event 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1948 Event 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1948 Event -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1946 Event 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1943 Event Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD 1942 Event 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1941 Event 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1940 Birthday Reva Rose, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actress, Temperature's Rising 1938 Event Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California 1932 Event 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1923 Birthday Susie Bond, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Flo, Temperature Rising 1922 Event Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C) 1910 Event 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1899 Event -61 degrees F, Montana (record low temperature) 1899 Event -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) 1896 Event Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California 1896 Event Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded -10 degrees F - Climax, Colorado 1879 Event 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May 1860 Event Temperature hits 115 degrees F in Ft. Scott and 112 degrees F in Topeka Kansas 1741 Event Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale