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World's 20 highest officially verified national temperature records (2026) (www.visualcapitalist.com)

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth

The record was made in 1913. So it's been a bit, yeah?

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[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tbh a lot of the records set back then are questionable.

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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)

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[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

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.

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