^ is wrong because < said the French weather was very hot compared to the Russian one
Temperatures information:
58°C, El Azizia, Lybia, 13/09/1922
56,7°C, Death Valley, California, 10/07/1913
54,4°C, Amos, California, 17/08/1885
53°C, Ouargla, Algeria, 27/08/1884
44,4°C, New York, USA, 11/08/1896
44°C, Toulouse, France, 08/08/1923
40,4°C, Paris, France, 28/07/1947
-23,9°C, Paris, France, 10/12/1879
-41°C, Mouthe, France, 17/01/1985
-68°C, Oïmiakon, Siberia, 06/02/1933
-89,2 °C, Votok, Antarctic, 21/07/1983
In bold are the french extremums, for the whole France and for Paris... Far away from the real extremums ^^