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Below is a table of the highest recorded temperatures for each continent. Death Valley, Calif., tops the list, hitting a stifling 134 degrees in 1913.

Place Date DegreesFahrenheit DegreesCelsiusNorth America Furnace Creek Ranch (Death Valley), Calif., USAJuly 10, 1913 134.0 56.7Asia Tirat Tsvi, Israel June 21, 1942 129.2 54.0Africa1 Kebili, Tunisia July 7, 1931 131.0 55.0AustraliaOodnadatta, South AustraliaJan. 2, 1960 123.050.7Europe Athens, Greece (and Elefsina, Greece) July 10, 1977 118.4 48.0South America Rivadavia, Argentina Dec. 11, 1905 120.0 48.9Oceania Tuguegarao, Philippines April 20, 1912 108.0 42.2Antarctica Vanda Station, Scott CoastJan. 5, 1974 59.0 15.0

  1. Previous record of 58 degrees celsius recorded at El Azizia, Libya was reviewed (2010-2012) by a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission of Climatology (CCl) special international panel of meteorological experts. Their conclusion rejected the long-held record, citing (a) problematical instrumentation, (b) a likely inexperienced observer, (c) an observation site which was not representative of the desert surroundings, (d) poor matching of the extreme to other nearby locations and (e) poor matching to subsequent temperatures recorded at the site.

Source: World Meteorological Organization.

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