Hottest Place on Earth
Have you ever wondered where the hottest place on Earth is? No, it's not El Azizia; the record of 136.04 °F (57.8 °C) that the Libyan city used to boast of, doesn't hold anymore.
In September 2012, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stripped El Azizia of the title of the hottest place on Earth after its Commission of Climatology World Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes found the record to be invalid.
That it is the lone planet to support life definitely makes Earth by far the most fascinating planet in the Solar System or maybe, even the Universe. But did you know that there are some regions on the planet where survival is next to impossible? The freezing areas of the Himalayas and Antarctica, or the scorching regions of the Sahara and Mojave deserts. Such are the conditions in some of these regions that the chances of coming across any form of life here are as good as none.
Which is the Hottest Place on Earth?
The city of El Azizia ('Aziziya) in northwestern Libya was hailed as the hottest place in the world for 90 years. The belief stemmed from a report which stated that the city recorded a temperature of 136.04 °F (57.8 °C) on September 13, 1922. In 2012, after an in-depth investigation of this record, the investigating committee comprising climate experts from nine countries―including the United States and Libya―concluded that it was invalid. Given below is an excerpt from the World Meteorological Organization's press release (Press Release No. 956).
The WMO evaluation committee concluded the most compelling scenario for the 1922 event was that a new and inexperienced observer, not trained in the use of an unsuitable replacement instrument that could be easily misread, improperly recorded the observation and was consequently in error by about seven degrees Celsius.
After El Azizia was stripped of the title, it went to the place that had long been in contention for the same: Death Valley, California. On July 10, 1913, the Greenland Ranch station in Death Valley recorded a temperature of 134 °F (56.6 °C). It languished at the second position in the list of world's hottest places for a whole of 90 years when El Azizia topped the list; albeit erroneously. In 2012, finally after the El Azizia claim was found to be invalid, Death Valley was officially declared the hottest place in the world.
Have you ever wondered where the hottest place on Earth is? No, it's not El Azizia; the record of 136.04 °F (57.8 °C) that the Libyan city used to boast of, doesn't hold anymore.
In September 2012, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stripped El Azizia of the title of the hottest place on Earth after its Commission of Climatology World Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes found the record to be invalid.
That it is the lone planet to support life definitely makes Earth by far the most fascinating planet in the Solar System or maybe, even the Universe. But did you know that there are some regions on the planet where survival is next to impossible? The freezing areas of the Himalayas and Antarctica, or the scorching regions of the Sahara and Mojave deserts. Such are the conditions in some of these regions that the chances of coming across any form of life here are as good as none.
Which is the Hottest Place on Earth?
The city of El Azizia ('Aziziya) in northwestern Libya was hailed as the hottest place in the world for 90 years. The belief stemmed from a report which stated that the city recorded a temperature of 136.04 °F (57.8 °C) on September 13, 1922. In 2012, after an in-depth investigation of this record, the investigating committee comprising climate experts from nine countries―including the United States and Libya―concluded that it was invalid. Given below is an excerpt from the World Meteorological Organization's press release (Press Release No. 956).
The WMO evaluation committee concluded the most compelling scenario for the 1922 event was that a new and inexperienced observer, not trained in the use of an unsuitable replacement instrument that could be easily misread, improperly recorded the observation and was consequently in error by about seven degrees Celsius.
After El Azizia was stripped of the title, it went to the place that had long been in contention for the same: Death Valley, California. On July 10, 1913, the Greenland Ranch station in Death Valley recorded a temperature of 134 °F (56.6 °C). It languished at the second position in the list of world's hottest places for a whole of 90 years when El Azizia topped the list; albeit erroneously. In 2012, finally after the El Azizia claim was found to be invalid, Death Valley was officially declared the hottest place in the world.
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