Mitribah Explained

Mitribah is a weather station (40551 in the World Meteorological Organization database) in northwest Kuwait. On July 21, 2016, the temperature at this location hit the second highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth at 54C.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Kuwait being swept by 'abnormal' heat wave — Mitribah records hottest ever temperature of 54 C – Kuwait Times. Kuwait Times. 23 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Synop report summary [at 16:00 UTC for the 30 days preceding 22 July 2016]]. G. Ballester Valor. 22 July 2016. Ogimet. tiempo.com. 29 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Recent scorching temperatures in Kuwait and Pakistan confirmed as third and fourth hottest on Earth. Livingston. Ian. June 18, 2019. Washington Post. 2019-06-20.
  4. Web site: WMO verifies 3rd and 4th hottest temperature recorded on Earth . https://web.archive.org/web/20231218172054/https://public-old.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-verifies-3rd-and-4th-hottest-temperature-recorded-earth . dead . December 18, 2023 . WMO . 2 September 2019.

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