Where is warmest place on the planet Earth?

Answer 1

El Azizia in Libya, Sahara Desert. the max temperature recorded was 57.8C

Answer 2

Oops! Somebody above already made the copy-paste (LOL). Anyway, I am appending the complete story, as follows:

El Azizia in Libya is the warmest place on the planet earth, where it can sometimes reach 150° F/ 66° C.

There are many places on earth that are plenty hot - record-breaking hot. In fact, there's a good chance on the day this record-breaking temperature was recorded by a meteorological station in El Azizia in 1922 there were other places hundreds of miles away that were even hotter. In all likelihood, this record temperature has been exceeded since then in many places on earth, but we have no official records of the temperatures. It is important to note that when atmospheric temperatures are recorded it is not the surface temperature, where it can sometimes reach 150° F/ 66° C, but rather the air temperature at about 5 feet (1.6 m) above the surface in an enclosed shelter. Of course, it's important that the temperature sensor is not exposed to direct sunlight - the shelter is louvered to permit air flow across the sensor. Most humans don't 'hang out' where some of the hottest temperatures on earth are regularly experienced so there aren't a lot of meteorological stations in these places to reliably record extreme temperatures.
Desert Lands

As big as the earth is, over two thirds of its surface is covered in water from the oceans. The remaining one-third of the earth's surface is exposed as dry land for us to live on, but a third of that dry land is really dry. In fact, it's inhospitable desert. Much of the deserts in the world are clustered between 5 to 30 degrees north and south of the equator, in what are called subtropical zones. Scientists have theorized that these desert belts are due to two things:

1) Heat (read more about the Sun)

2) Lack of moisture

Duh? Anybody who's ever been outside on a hot summer day, all day, knows that. Just about every continent on earth that is inhabited by humans experiences seasonal weather changes, with a distinct winter and summer. Just because there's hot, dry weather during the summer, doesn't mean that where you live is going to turn into a desert. What makes the desert so hot and dry is the climactic conditions that are sustained almost continually, year round. Any part of the world that's hot and dry for long enough periods throughout the year won't be able to support much plant or animal life. Living things need water to survive.


Why is it so Dry All the Time?

First, the air in the earth's atmosphere is warmest around the equator (because the sun reaches the earth at a direct 90° angle) so that warmer air rises and flows north and south of the equator. As the air "piles" up in the northern and southern latitudes, these zones of "piled-high" warm air become permanent high pressure zones. As the air at the "bottom of the pile" descends toward the earth it gets warmed up even more. Because this descending warm air has no clouds (i.e., condensing water vapor), that allows the burning sun to go right through the air and heat the land mass below even more. Hence, extreme heat.

Warm air can hold a lot more moisture (water vapor) than colder air. Unless this really warm air contacts some much cooler air (or cooler land mass), there's nothing to coax the moisture out of the air in the form of precipitation (rain, fog). Hence, lack of moisture.

Answer 3

El Azizia

57.8C

How Hot is Hot?

There are many places on earth that are plenty hot - record-breaking hot. In fact, there's a good chance on the day this record-breaking temperature was recorded by a meteorological station in El Azizia in 1922 there were other places hundreds of miles away that were even hotter. In all likelihood, this record temperature has been exceeded since then in many places on earth, but we have no official records of the temperatures. It is important to note that when atmospheric temperatures are recorded it is not the surface temperature, where it can sometimes reach 150° F/ 66° C, but rather the air temperature at about 5 feet (1.6 m) above the surface in an enclosed shelter. Of course, it's important that the temperature sensor is not exposed to direct sunlight - the shelter is louvered to permit air flow across the sensor. Most humans don't 'hang out' where some of the hottest tempertatures on earth are regularly experienced so there aren't a lot of meterological stations in these places to reliably record extreme temperatures.

Answer 4

There are many places on earth that are plenty hot - record-breaking hot. In fact, there's a good chance on the day this record-breaking temperature was recorded by a meteorological station in El Azizia in 1922 there were other places hundreds of miles away that were even hotter. In all likelihood, this record temperature has been exceeded since then in many places on earth, but we have no official records of the temperatures. It is important to note that when atmospheric temperatures are recorded it is not the surface temperature, where it can sometimes reach 150° F/ 66° C, but rather the air temperature at about 5 feet (1.6 m) above the surface in an enclosed shelter. Of course, it's important that the temperature sensor is not exposed to direct sunlight - the shelter is louvered to permit air flow across the sensor. Most humans don't 'hang out' where some of the hottest tempertatures on earth are regularly experienced so there aren't a lot of meterological stations in these places to reliably record extreme temperatures.

Answer 5

global (adj) - 1. of or applying to the whole earth. Human activity has resulted in an increase of the average (over the entire globe) temperature above the natural background. It isn't responsible for regional variations (e.g. Sahara) caused by wind/precipitation patterns, geographic locality (e.g. close to equator or away from moderating large bodies of water), etc. Yes, we do REALLY play that much of a role. When there were just a few hundred million of us, we were insignificant. But our own mastery of our environment has the side effect that there are unintended consequences to our ability to move mountains, reroute rivers, and release Billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Answer 6

If you are referring to natural, weather-related heat, Al Azzia is correct, and I believe the temperature was 134.6 degrees F. However, if you are referring to any natural heat ON the surface of the earth look no further than your friendly neighborhood volcano. Temperatures there could be expected to be well over 1,000 degrees F, probably way more. Depending on the type of lava the temperatures will vary.

Answer 7

Dallol,Ethiopia.
Death Valley,California.
The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile, South America.

Answer 8

I feel that the equator is the warmest spot on the planet

Answer 9

On the surface, I believe it is Death Valley

The highest ground temperatures
The highest ground temperature recorded was 201°F at Furnace Creek on July 15, 1972. The maximum air temperature for that day was 128°F. Ground temperature on the valley floor is about 40% higher than the surrounding air temperature.

Answer 10

the warmest place? of course the East especially Saoudi Arabia
Emirate, Surrey,Bahrain... go there & you'll enjoy the warmest weather on earth.