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The Arab Weekly
January 8, 2018
On June 29, Ahvaz in southern Iran registered another high temperature of 53.7 Celsius which is just below the 54.0 Celsius recorded in Mitribah, Kuwait on July 21, 2016. Such temperatures are becoming increasingly common. Experts warn that, by 2100, Gulf countries may become inhospitable. This is aÃâà...
Daily Herald
July 2, 2017
Officially, the hottest air temperature recorded on the planet occurred on July 10, 1913, when Death Valley, California, warmed to 134 degrees. This very possibly didn't happen, however. In recent years, several meteorologists have labeled the measurement flawed, although not enough to take the recordÃâà...
Daily Herald
July 2, 2017
Officially, the hottest air temperature recorded on the planet occurred on July 10, 1913, when Death Valley, California, warmed to 134 degrees. This very possibly didn't happen, however. In recent years, several meteorologists have labeled the measurement flawed, although not enough to take the recordÃâà...
Vanity Fair
June 30, 2017
The heat wave last July was different. The month started hellishly enough. At an automated weather station in a desert wasteland called Mitribah, in the country's uninhabited North, the maximum temperature hovered around 114 degrees. Then the numbers started to climb, passing through 120 degrees on the 14th, toppingÃâà...
Hindustan Times
June 29, 2017
Weather Underground's recording of 129.2̡̉F or 54̡̉C at Ahvaz has tied it for the hottest credible temperature recorded in modern times with that of Death Valley, California, US, on June 30 2013, and Mitribah in Kuwait on July 21, 2016. world Updated: Jun 30, 2017 10:24 IST. HT Correspondent Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
Lovin Dubai
June 24, 2017
While temperatures in Dubai have been averaging around 41ÃâðC, a scorching temperature of 54ÃâðC was recorded at a weather station in Mitribah, North West Kuwait on Thursday. So while it may seem like an oven here, be thankful we don't have it as bad as those sweating it out in Kuwait, or neighbouringÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
June 7, 2017
It will have to be investigated, along with a similar temperature recorded in Mitribah, Kuwait in July last year. But these two readings could turn out to be the highest recorded globally. Temperatures in excess of 50C have also hit parts of Oman. Qurayyat and Joba both recorded a high of 50.8C on May 30Ãâà...
The Hindu
January 18, 2017
Unusual spikes in temperature were seen in Phalodi, India, which reached 124ÃâðF (51ÃâðC) on May 19 — marking India's hottest temperature ever. Dehloran, Iran hit 127ÃâðF (53ÃâðC) on July 22, a new national record. Meanwhile, Mitribah, Kuwait hit an all-time high of 129ÃâðF (54ÃâðC) on July 21, which may be theÃâà...
Nevada Appeal
August 4, 2016
According to Dr. Jeff Masters and historian Christopher Burt of Weather Underground, the temperature in Mitribah, Kuwait on July 21 topped out at 129.2 degrees. If verified, it would be the Earth's hottest official temperature recording outside of Death Valley, Calif., and the hottest in the Eastern Hemisphere,Ãâà...
The Weather Channel
July 22, 2016
The average high temperature at both Mitribah, Kuwait, and Basrah, Iraq, is 115 degrees. The current pattern in the upper atmosphere is conducive to even more heat. A massive ridge of high pressure aloft (bulge in the jet stream) was centered right over Iraq, Iran and Kuwait. With high pressure, the airÃâà...
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