Temperature extremes

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Temperature extremes are the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in specific locales. As extreme points, they provide a range of typical temperatures in that locale.

Only outdoor climatic temperatures are recorded; temperatures recorded inside forest fires, for example, would not be included. Additionally, only temperatures recorded four feet (1.2 metres) or higher above the ground, and in the shade, are admissible, as ground temperatures in many areas are much hotter than air temperatures. One inch above the ground, temperatures can exceed 90 degrees Celsius (194 °Fahrenheit) in the deserts.

Some parts of the Sahara have also reached 50C like Ouargla and In Salah in Algeria and El Borma in Tunisia. Above 50C were also recorded this year at Adam, Oman and in some occasions in Kuwait , southern Iraq, Pakistan (52.6C at Sibi), Mexicali in Mexico and in the Australian Desert (50.6) and few other scattered places. In the Saudi Desert close to the border with Oman and UEA , 50C were likely surpassed, but there are no stations to have witnessed it.