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World's 20 highest officially verified national temperature records (2026)

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World's 20 highest officially verified national temperature records (2026)

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54.4°C was recorded in Death Valley (Aug 16, 2020 and Jul 9, 2021).

Kuwait (2016) was slightly lower at 53.9°C.

Tirat Zvi, Mandatory Palestine (1942) is disputed.

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