(With this year's record-breaking temperatures, some of the drunker competitors also slid on their stomachs to celebrate victory or numb defeat's agony.)

The 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave was a heat wave that commenced in late January and led to record-breaking prolonged high temperatures in the region.

What plants will have been wiped out by the record-breaking low temperatures?

A1 New Yorkers flocked to the outdoors to revel in record-breaking temperatures.

British scientists are predicting a succession of record-breaking high temperatures in the most detailed forecast of global warming's impact on weather around the world.

These near to record-breaking temperatures concerned many firefighters, who feared that the high heat, low humidity, and high-elevation winds could make firefighting more strenuous.

The previous night's wind and rain drove down the record-breaking temperatures, which had hovered in the 90's and low 100's.

First there was the heat wave, when record-breaking temperatures cooked everything.

Climate change, written in the language of floods, droughts and record-breaking temperatures, is only making the situation worse, particularly for the world's poorest.

This follows record-breaking temperatures across the Alps in both January and February.