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Highest Recorded Temperatures

 Place Date Degrees
Fahrenheit
Degrees
Celsius
World (Africa) El Azizia, Libya Sept. 13, 1922 136 58
North America (U.S.) Death Valley, Calif. July 10, 1913 134 57
Asia Tirat Tsvi, Israel June 21, 1942 129 54
Australia Cloncurry, Queensland Jan. 16, 1889 128 53
Europe Seville, Spain Aug. 4, 1881 122 50
South America Rivadavia, Argentina Dec. 11, 1905 120 49
Canada Midale and Yellow Grass,
 Saskatchewan, Canada
July 5, 1937 113 45
OceaniaTuguegarao, PhilippinesApril 29, 191210842
Persian Gulf (sea-surface)  Aug. 5, 1924 96 36
Antarctica Vanda Station, Scott CoastJan. 5, 1974 59 15
South Pole  Dec. 27, 1978 7.5 –14

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