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Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 °C (54 to 90 °F). [6] The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [7]
An all-time high temperature was recorded on 22 July 2016, when daytime readings soared to 53.9 °C (129.0 °F), which is the highest temperature that has ever been recorded in Iraq. [40] [41] This is one of the hottest temperatures ever measured on the planet. [40]
A ground temperature of 84 °C (183 °F) was reportedly taken in Port Sudan, Sudan. [29] 22 January 2017: 57.2 °C (135.0 °F) Air Beverly Hills, California United States: According to the Los Angeles Almanac, 57.2 °C (135.0 °F) was the hottest temperature historically recorded among 20 Los Angeles County weather stations.
The hottest Furnace Creek ever got was 201 Fahrenheit on July 15, 1972. However, maximum air temperature recorded that day was a mere 128 degrees Fahrenheit, because air is a poor heat conductor.
Earth just had its hottest year ever recorded — by far. ... The E.U.’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said global temperatures in 2023 were higher than in any year going back to at least ...
The three hottest days ever recorded on Earth happened in July. Boise also had extreme July heat, hitting the 100-degree mark several times.
1955 – 1955 United Kingdom heat wave was a period of hot weather that was accompanied by drought. In some places it was the worst drought on record, more severe than 1976 and 1995. 1960 – on 2 January, Oodnadatta, South Australia hit 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) degrees, the highest temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.
There were numerous heat records broken in the Middle east as well, such as in Bahrain, where the country set its hottest June temperature on record at 46.9 °C (116.4 °F) on June 20. [86] There was also plenty of heat in Iraq, where a new unofficial hottest temperature record was set on June 14, 2010, at 52.0 °C (125.6 °F) in Basra.