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>>gmays+(OP)
What the devil does unofficial mean? Is there a world's hottest day governing body?

Or is it like boxing and there are multiple governing bodies and Tuesday captured the WBO hottest day, but the IBF and WBC still recognize August 1, 2022?

>>JackFr+w7
This unofficial number comes from a climate model published by the University of Maine as opposed to one created by a government agency or the WMO. Several agencies have their own climate models so “official” is very vague.

Generally in the US “official” numbers would come from the NOAA and the NCEI would be the one publishing them.

>>akisel+1d
So it’s a bunch of models?

>>spookt+Fi
Yes, and those models can be contorted or misrepresented [1].

[1] https://docs.house.gov/meetings/SY/SY00/20160202/104399/HHRG...