Every so often you might hear something on the news about a record high or record low temperature being set.

Usually these might be records for a particular month or maybe for a particular place.

Temperature records, especially global records, can be very contentious, and there are rigid rules surrounding how such recordings are taken.

Some temperature records might take years to be verified.

Learn more about global temperature records and how they're measured and verified

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The keeping

the records only dates back to around 1800. That was when the World Meteorological Organization began keeping records.

The organization was initially established in 1873

as a forum for countries to share weather data, but today

it's an agency under the United Nations.

Early weather observations weren't necessarily bad or wrong, but they also weren't necessarily very accurate or precise.

Most early temperature record keeping wasn't intended for the purpose of advanced meteorology.

It was simply a log that was kept at a military base or by some private citizens.

Temperature extremes usually occur in particular places during particular events during particular times of the year.

And this really shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody.

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