Hottest Place on Earth
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008If you ever wondered where the hottest place on earth is, try this.
- On 13 September 1922, Al ‘Aziziyah in Libya reached an amazing 57.7 degrees Celsius (that’s 135.9 Fahrenheit!). Libya is a country in the northern part of the African continent.
- Death Valley, California, U.S.A is not far behind - with a temperature of 56.7 degrees Celsius (134.0 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded on 10 July, 1913.
Hottest places in other continents include:
- Asia’s hottest place is Tirat Tzvi, Israel (then part of the British Mandate of Palestine) at 53.9 degrees Celsius (129 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded on 21 June 1942.
- Oodnadatta in South Australia is Australia’s hottest place with 50.7 degrees Celsius (123.3 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded on 2 January 1960.
- Hottest place in Europe was Seville, Sevilla (province), Spain with 50.0 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on 4 August 1881
- Rivadavia, Argentina recorded 48.9 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) on 11 December 1905
- Awatere Valley and Rangiora, New Zealand was Oceania’s hottest place with 42.4 degrees Celsius (108.3 degrees Fahrenheit) on 7 February 1973
- And if you ever wondered how hot it gets in antarctica, try 14.6 degrees Celsius (58.3 degrees Fahrenheit) at Vanda Station on 5 January 1974
It’s interesting that with the recent urgency of global warming, that there isn’t a more recent record. In reality, there are probably hotter temperatures around the world occurring on a regular basis, it’s just that we aren’t there to record it.
