c/climate · by Innerworld@lemmy.world · 22dWorld's 20 highest officially verified national temperature records (2026) 70 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 22d
Redacted@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 22d
"We're the hottest country in the world right now."
muffedtrims@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
America Fuck Yeah!
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 21d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth
The record was made in 1913. So it's been a bit, yeah?
Redacted@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 21d
Tbh a lot of the records set back then are questionable.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 21d
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)
Redacted@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 21d
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.