If verified, this would be Earth's hottest temperature ever
reliably measured outside of Death Valley, California, according to
wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt.
The temperature is likely to be verified, since Thursday's
incredible heat also extended into Iraq, which set their all-time heat record:
128°F (53.4°C) at Basrah.
According to Burt and Herrera, Thursday's Basrah reading
ranks as the fourth highest temperature ever reliably measured outside of Death
Valley; the only higher non-Death Valley temperatures were today's 54°C
(129.2°F) at Mitribah, Kuwait, a 53.6°C reading at Sulaibya, Kuwait in 2011,
and a 53.5°C reading at Mohenjodaro, Pakistan on May 26, 2010. Note that there
is one other competitor for hottest non-Death Valley temperature ever measured:
the official all-time high temperature in Israel is a 54°C (129.2°F) reading
from Tirat Tsvi, Israel on June 22, 1942.
The Israeli Met Office pursued an investigation of the
record in 2012, prompted by an inquiry from the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) and convincing evidence from wunderground's weather historian Christopher
C. Burt and weather extremes expert Howard Rainford that the actual high
temperature was a full degree lower.
The Israeli Met Office concluded that the record was valid,
but refused to make public the details leading to their conclusions. Until they
do so, the record remains suspect.
Read the Weather
Underground story - “Eastern Hemisphere's All-Time Temperature Record: Kuwait Fries in 54°C (129.2°F) Heat.”
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