How the Arctic Circle just eclipsed 100 degrees

Temperatures hit triple digits at a Russian town in the Arctic Circle on Saturday, either breaking or nearly breaking the hottest temperature on record in this polar realm.
Preliminary observations, spotted by French meteorologist Etienne Kapikian, show the heat reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk (which would eclipse an Arctic Circle record set over a century ago, in Alaska). That's over 30 degrees warmer than usual for Verkhoyansk in June.
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