Kuwait: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that the highest recorded temperature in the planet in 76 years was 54.0 °C in Mitribah, Kuwait and Turbat in Pakistan.
A statement by the WMO stated that the Kuwait temperature reading has been now accepted as the highest temperature ever recorded for the continental region of Asia.
"This investigation highlights the fact that we can now conduct extremely in-depth analyses of weather extremes," said Randall Cerveny, chief rapporteur of climate and weather extremes for the WMO.
While according to the WMO Weather and Climate Extremes archive, the hottest temperature ever recorded was in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California at 56.7°C on 10 July 1913. And, the highest temperature for the Eastern hemisphere was set in July 1931 in Kebili, Tunisia, at 55.0°C.
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