climate·ClimatebyInnerworld World's 20 highest officially verified national temperature records (2026)View original on lemmy.world70Comments7Reply
cchuckleslord replylemmy.world3Hide 3 replieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth The record was made in 1913. So it's been a bit, yeah?1Reply
Redacted replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesTbh a lot of the records set back then are questionable.2Reply
cchuckleslord replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyYep, wiki mentions that. If that one is overturned, then it's a three-way tie and death valley is still one of them(2013)2Reply
Redacted replylemmy.world54.4°C was recorded in Death Valley (Aug 16, 2020 and Jul 9, 2021). Kuwait (2016) was slightly lower at 53.9°C. Tirat Zvi, Mandatory Palestine (1942) is disputed.3Reply
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth
The record was made in 1913. So it's been a bit, yeah?
Tbh a lot of the records set back then are questionable.
Yep, wiki mentions that. If that one is overturned, then it's a three-way tie and death valley is still one of them(2013)
54.4°C was recorded in Death Valley (Aug 16, 2020 and Jul 9, 2021).
Kuwait (2016) was slightly lower at 53.9°C.
Tirat Zvi, Mandatory Palestine (1942) is disputed.