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Hasn't this record been broken?

According to [The Sun|https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1604611/the-middle-east-is-baking-in-a-60-degree-heatwave-which-is-pushing-people-to-the-limits-of-survival/], Iran and UAE both experienced 60C (140F) temperatures in 2016. T3h 1337 b0y 17:42, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@T3h 1337 b0y: We have to be careful when it comes to claims done scientifically versus through social media accounts. One such claim reported a claim of 62°C for Kuwait which was backed by social media users who shared videos and images of burning trees and melting streetlights. These claims though were tied to other events that had happened and disproven by meteorologists. [1] - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 19:26, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Boiling River in Mayantuyacu, Peru?

According to The Weather Channel, some areas of this river are well over 200°F (over 93°C). Perhaps measurements in the areas above the river contest temperatures in other locations? AnotherNeko (talk) 03:48, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I placed a clarification tag up at the top. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 13:31, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The key difference would be that highest temperature records are based on conditions due specifically and solely to atmospheric conditions. (This btw is also the reason standard measurements are never taken at surface level.) Any air temperature sourcing directly from below-the-ground causes (the air above boiling rivers, hot springs, volcanoes) may well always be hotter, simply because deep parts of the earth are molten. Using those kinds of temperatures in this context would render atmospheric-based temperature ranges meaningless. (Note: even though the original question is a year old, it is a valid question nonetheless and has never been properly answered.) - Tenebris 66.11.165.101 (talk) 15:17, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ground temperature note

Obviously, on occasion, lava appears on the surface of the earth. When it does, the temperature of the ground can reach 1200 degrees Celsius. Also, the temperature of the air 1.5 meters above a large flow will become extreme as well. I see this as a note similar to the one above ("boiling river in ... Peru"). The response given to that note is not satisfying. How could one ever verify that a measured temperature is "based on conditions due specifically and solely to atmospheric conditions"? Certainly the air in Death Valley on 2020.08.16 received radiated heat from the ground below it. I could imagine trying to rule out man-made influences, but then global warming is one of those. One might be able to preclude a specific listing of effects; volcanoes, lava flows, geysers, hot springs. Any more? MarkGoldfain (talk) 09:45, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But the 4,000,000,000,000 degrees C reading at Brookhaven National Laboratory will still be counted, right? 83.252.65.210 (talk) 18:47, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DOI shows that the world’s highest LST of 80.8 °C, observed in the Lut Desert in Iran and the Sonoran Desert in Mexico

10 May 2021 DOI shows that the world’s highest LST of 80.8 °C, observed in the Lut Desert in Iran and the Sonoran Desert in Mexico, is over ten degrees above the previous global record of 70.7 °C observed in 2005 Source DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0325.1

I will add it to unverified claims as right now that is a case report. Similar readings by the same source were conducted by satellite in 2005. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 13:58, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Graph doesn't belong in this article

I've got to agree with 79.101.206.24. While the graph in question is interesting, it doesn't belong in this article.

This article is about THE highest temperature ever recorded anywhere on Earth. It is NOT about high temperatures recorded in particular areas.

The graph in question shows entirely different information: what percent of the Earth's surface has recorded a LOCAL, ANNUAL high temperature for the year in question. On the other hand, this article is NOT based on location, nor is it based on year.

If there were to be any graph, the Y axis would be temperature (NOT location based), and the X axis would be year. Of course, this would be pretty useless: since the high was last broken in 1913, the graph would be a single, horizontal line from 1913 onward. --Larry/Traveling_Man (talk) 00:41, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Already done. I also agreed. Alexcalamaro (talk) 16:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Heat burst - a rare weather event

Kopperl, Texas on Wednesday, June 15, 1960, during a meteorological anomaly also called Satan’s Storm. Without warning, a tremendous wind swept through Kopperl with gusts topping 75 mph over a wide area of town. Historic news accounts tell us that trees were uprooted and the roof torn from a local store. Suddenly, the temperature shot up 30 degrees, rising from 70 degrees to over 100 degrees in mere minutes.

Fear erupted when the temperature continued to climb. Soon, thermometers began bursting as temperatures rose above 130 degrees in less than an hour. Residents awoke when their air conditioners shuttered to a stop after transformers throughout the area overheated. Many rushed outside thinking their homes were on fire.

Witnesses recall stepping outside into heat so high their throats burned and they could barely breathe. Lightning continued to flash overhead while terrified parents wrapped their children in wet sheets to cool them down. Residents stood in helpless, stark panic as temperatures hit an unimaginable 140 degrees. Old timers recall their parents collapsing to the ground in fits of terrified screams, believing the world was coming to an end.

By morning the temperature had stabilized. When daylight allowed, farmers ventured into their fields where they found their crops had been scorched as if an unseen hand had flailed a lit match across the landscape. Corn crops that had been blazing green the day before were now cooked. Cotton fields were carbonized leaving only burnt stalks standing. Leaves on trees, shrubs, plants crumbled to dust with a mere touch or dusting of light wind.

At the time, there was no scientific explanation for what happened. Today we know what Kopperl citizens experienced was not the end of the world but rather a “heat burst”, a rare weather phenomena with recorded, verifiable events in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. 2600:1700:D50:9AF0:ECE9:B5F0:908A:AB4F (talk) 05:47, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Warmest day for the planet

Earth had its warmest ever day on record on the 6th of July 2023 when the highest global mean surface air temperature was recorded at 17.08 °C (62.74 °F).

REF:https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/july-2023-set-be-hottest-month-record

Would it be appropriate to add this to the article, or would a global average value not be within the article's remit? TatjanaClimate (talk) 10:56, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure as the definition "highest temperature" has already been distinguished as it is. In my opinion this article is meant to compliment Lowest temperature recorded on Earth. Reasons to add would be an opportunity to expand the scope of the article, how far to go though? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:51, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hottest temperature

Was driving from CA to OH crossing the Mojave desert in 1996. The ranger told us it was 138…? 2600:1700:A1C1:D860:ED56:1E85:401E:8B16 (talk) 20:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]