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.
2007-05-21 14:37:37
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answered by elvisjohn 7
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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.
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:
2007-05-21 08:17:46
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answered by Anonymous
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El Azizia is credited with being the hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet. But, now it is widely believed that the temperature measurement was inaccurate. Most scientists believe that the temperature was 130 degrees at the most and the 134 degrees recorded in Death Valley is also inaccurate. The Death Valley temperature is believed to have only been 128 degrees. It is believed the measuring instruments were inaccurate and the conditions for taking these measurements not followed to the standards as required today.
2007-05-21 08:59:25
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answered by DaveSFV 7
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El Azizia, Libya was 136F on Sept 13 1922
2007-05-21 07:20:42
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answered by rosie recipe 7
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El Azizia
2007-05-23 04:02:28
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answered by Abhy 3
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Jacobabad
2007-05-21 07:16:37
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answered by adiptadatta 2
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Death Valley, CA with an average of 127 deg. F
2007-05-21 07:00:05
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answered by jcann17 5
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jacobabad in pakistan i guess!
2007-05-24 03:36:11
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answered by Anonymous
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FRONT AND BACK
2007-05-21 07:15:40
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answered by bobby_singh_rai 3
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CHENNAI
2007-05-21 19:26:55
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answered by karthikeyan g 2
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