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🌡 Highest Air Temperatures Ever Recorded on Earth (Ranked)

#	Location	Country	Temperature	Date	Notes
1	Furnace Creek, Death Valley	USA	56.7 °C (134.1 °F)	10 Jul 1913	Official WMO world record; extreme desert heat and very dry air.
2	Kebili	Tunisia	55.0 °C (131 °F)	1931	Africa’s highest widely accepted reading, though not WMO‑certified.
3	Mitribah	Kuwait	54.0 °C (129.2 °F)	21 Jul 2016	WMO‑verified Middle Eastern record during a severe heatwave.
4	Basra	Iraq	53.9 °C (129 °F)	2016	Extreme Persian Gulf heat; confirmed by Iraq’s meteorological service.
5	Ahvaz	Iran	53.7 °C (128.7 °F)	2017	Recorded during a major regional heatwave affecting the Gulf area.
6	Turbat	Pakistan	53.7 °C (128.7 °F)	28 May 2017	WMO‑verified national record for Pakistan.
7	Sulaibiya	Kuwait	53.6 °C (128.5 °F)	2011	One of Kuwait’s highest official readings from its desert interior.
8	Tirat Zvi	Israel	54 °C (129 °F)	Historic (disputed)	Widely cited but not fully WMO‑certified; considered a disputed record.
9	Turpan	China	50.7 °C (123.3 °F)	2023	China’s highest official temperature, set in the low, hot Turpan Basin.
10	Oodnadatta	Australia	50.7 °C (123.3 °F)	1960	Australia’s national record from its arid interior.
11	Agadir	Morocco	50.4 °C (122.7 °F)	2023	New Moroccan record confirmed by WMO.
12	Doha	Qatar	50.4 °C (122.7 °F)	Recent years	Qatar’s highest official temperature, with dangerous heat‑humidity levels.
13	Jeddah Airport	Saudi Arabia	52.0 °C (125.6 °F)	Various years	Extreme coastal heat combined with high humidity on the Red Sea.
14	Al‑Jouf	Saudi Arabia	50+ °C	Multiple years	Northern Saudi Arabia frequently reaches or exceeds 50 °C.
15	Cizre	Türkiye	49.5 °C (121.1 °F)	2021	Türkiye’s highest reliably measured temperature.
16	Khartoum	Sudan	49.0 °C (120.2 °F)	Various years	Hot desert climate with intense solar radiation along the Nile.
17	Wadi Halfa	Sudan	49.0 °C (120.2 °F)	Historic	Saharan town known for frequent extreme heat.
18	Niamey	Niger	48.2 °C (118.8 °F)	Recent decades	Sahel region heat intensified during the dry season.
19	Timbuktu	Mali	48.0 °C (118.4 °F)	Various years	Historic Saharan city, among the hottest inhabited places.
20	Bamako	Mali	48 °C (118.4 °F)	Recent decades	Extreme heat events occur before the West African monsoon.
21	Phoenix, Arizona	USA	48.8 °C (120 °F)	Various years	Urban heat island plus desert climate produce recurring extreme heat.
22	Port Augusta	Australia	49.5 °C (121.1 °F)	Recent years	Influenced by hot continental air masses from Australia’s interior.
23	Alice Springs	Australia	47.7 °C (117.9 °F)	Various years	Central Australia frequently records temperatures above 47 °C.
24	Las Vegas, Nevada	USA	47.2 °C (117 °F)	Various years	High desert basin with intense summer heating and strong sunshine.
25	Ghadames	Libya	48–50 °C	Various years	Libya’s old 58 °C record was invalidated; modern records still reach ~50 °C.