Mitribah
29°49′N 47°22′E / 29.817°N 47.367°E
Mitribah is a weather station (40551 in the World Meteorological Organization database) in northwest Kuwait. On July 21, 2016, the temperature at this location hit the second highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth at 129.2 °F (54.0 °C). This value was corrected by the World Meteorological Organization to 129 °F (53.9 °C). Not taken into account in the World Meteorological Organization investigation of this record is a wall only meters away from the temperature sensor that can reduce natural ventilation and can potentially heat the air near the sensor. World Meteorological Organization's margin of uncertainty plus or minus 0.18 °F or 0.1 °C only accounted for instrument error.
| Climate data for 40551 Mitribah, Kuwait | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
43.0 (109.4) |
48.0 (118.4) |
52.0 (125.6) |
54.0 (129.2) |
52.5 (126.5) |
47.0 (116.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
54.0 (129.2) |
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References
- ↑ "Kuwait being swept by 'abnormal' heat wave — Mitribah records hottest ever temperature of 54 C – Kuwait Times". Kuwait Times. 23 July 2016.
- ↑ G. Ballester Valor (22 July 2016). "Synop report summary [at 16:00 UTC for the 30 days preceding 22 July 2016]". Ogimet. tiempo.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ Livingston, Ian (June 18, 2019). "Recent scorching temperatures in Kuwait and Pakistan confirmed as third and fourth hottest on Earth". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ↑ "WMO verifies 3rd and 4th hottest temperature recorded on Earth". WMO. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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