Israel lowest temperature record –14.2°C fact check
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“The lowest temperature recorded in Israel was –14.2 °C at Merom Golan in January 2015, and an earlier record of –10 °C occurred in the Beit Netofa Valley in February 1950.”
Summary
The lowest temperature recorded in Israel was –14.2 °C at Merom Golan in January 2015. However, the earlier record was –13.7 °C in the Beit Netofa Valley in February 1950, not –10 °C.
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- State of Israel Ministry of Transport Israel Meteorological Service
minimum temperatures dropped to 2–3°C, and in the northern Golan, to -3 to -4°C. Afterward, temperatures rose, and on January 5, maximum temperatures of around 25 to 26°C · were measured in the coastal plain, Shephelah, and northern valleys. Another warm period occurred in the middle ...
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- Beit Netofa Valley - Wikipedia
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- Merom Golan - Wikipedia
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- 2015 was Israel's third-hottest year on record | The Times of Israel
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