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Why is the hottest region of the world in the subtropical deserts of the northern hemisphere and not near the equator?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
The hottest air temperature ever reliably recorded in a desert was 134
degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10,
1913. An even warmer temperature of 136 degrees was recorded a few years
later in Libya but that has been discounted as inaccurate as it was not
properly measured by untrained Italian soldiers. A recent ground
temperature was measured by a satellite in Iran that was even hotter but
the ground temperature does not reflect the temperature of the air above
it. Anyone who has walked barefoot over an asphalt parking lot in summer
can attest to that.
Wiki User
∙ 8y ago
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoThe hottest air temperature ever reliably recorded in a desert was 134
degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10,
1913. An even warmer temperature of 136 degrees was recorded a few years
later in Libya but that has been discounted as inaccurate as it was not
properly measured by untrained Italian soldiers. A recent ground
temperature was measured by a satellite in Iran that was even hotter but
the ground temperature does not reflect the temperature of the air above
it. Anyone who has walked barefoot over an asphalt parking lot in summer
can attest to that.
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