Jul 8, 2023, 10:00 PM

Iran to record hottest week in past 11 years

Iran to record hottest week in past 11 years

TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – According to the predictions of the World Meteorological Organization, Iranian cities are going to experience the hottest week in the last 11 years.

In some Iranian megacities, people will experience temperatures above 40 degrees.

Currently, the highest officially registered temperature is 56.7C (134F), recorded in California’s Death Valley back in 1913. The hottest known temperature in Africa is 55C (131F), recorded in Kebili, Tunisia in 1931. Iran holds the record for Asia’s hottest official temperature of 54C (129F), which it recorded in 2017, according to Aljazeera.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Europe was 48.8C (119.8F) on the Italian island of Sicily on August 11, 2021. On July 19, 2022, The United Kingdom recorded its highest-ever temperature, reaching 40.2C (104.4F), according to its Meteorological Office.

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