On this date in 1922, people in Al Aziziyah, Libya, experienced the hottest recorded temperature on earth: approx. 136° F (58.6° C). Other extreme high temperatures have been recorded in Death Valley, CA, where temperatures reached 134° F/56.7° C on July 10, 1913, the highest recorded temperature in the US.
Asia saw its hottest weather on June 21, 1942, with 129° F/53.9° C registered in Tirat Tsvi, Israel. And then there was this year's heat wave in Australia, Europe and the US. Is anyone feeling relieved to see summer end?
Al Aziziyah (äl äzēzē'yä) or Azizia (ăzĭzē'ä), town, NW Libya, near Tripoli. It is a major trade center of the Jifarah plain. The highest shade temperature on earth, 136°F (57.8°C), was recorded there.