Hottest Temperatures

Highest Recorded Temperatures on Earth

El Azizia, Libya - 136 degrees (September 13, 1922)

Death Valley, United States - 134 degrees (July 10, 1913)

Ghadames, Libya - 131 degrees

Kebili, Tunisia - 131 degrees

Timbuktu, Mali - 130.1 degrees

Araouane, Mali - 130 degrees (summer of 1945)

Tirat Tsvi, Israel - 129 degrees (June, 1942)

Ahwaz, Iran - 128 degrees

Wadi Halfa, Sudan - 127 degrees (April, 1967)

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Statistically, it is impressive that the two hottest records have stood for nearly 89 years and for 98 years. Aside from those two locales, the upper limit seems to be 131 degrees Fahrenheitit.

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