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Highest Recorded Temperatures| | Place | Date | Degrees Fahrenheit | Degrees Celsius |
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| 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 | | Oceania | Tuguegarao, Philippines | April 29, 1912 | 108 | 42 | | Persian Gulf (sea-surface) | | Aug. 5, 1924 | 96 | 36 | | Antarctica | Vanda Station, Scott Coast | Jan. 5, 1974 | 59 | 15 | | South Pole | | Dec. 27, 1978 | 7.5 | –14 |
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