Innerworld@lemmy.world to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoWorld's 20 highest officially verified national temperature records (2026)slrpnk.netimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12
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minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago“We’re the hottest country in the world right now.”
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth The record was made in 1913. So it’s been a bit, yeah?
minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTbh a lot of the records set back then are questionable.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYep, wiki mentions that. If that one is overturned, then it’s a three-way tie and death valley is still one of them(2013)
minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago54.4°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.
“We’re the hottest country in the world right now.”
America Fuck Yeah!
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.