<ul><li><keyword id="7779295" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mitribah">Mitribah</keyword>, a remote area of northwest Kuwait, was blistering at 53.9 degree Celsius on 21 July 2016. </li><li>Turbat, a city located in southern Balochistan, Pakistan observed 53.7 degree celsius on on 28 May 2017. </li></ul>Thinking you’re witnessing the hottest summer? Spare some thoughts for Kuwait which was halfway through the boiling point on 21 July 2016. While India is also witnessing its worst summer ever with the temperature in several parts touch 48 degree celsius, The <keyword id="555589" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="World-Meteorological-Organization">World Meteorological Organization</keyword> (WMO) said, Mitribah in Kuwait and Turbat in Pakistan officially witnessed the 3rd and 4th temperature on Earth. Mitribah, a remote area of northwest Kuwait, was blistering at 53.9 degree Celsius on 21 July 2016. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in the eastern hemisphere. Whereas Turbat, a city located in southern Balochistan, Pakistan observed 53.7 degree celsius on on 28 May 2017. 
 
 <div type="ExtQuote" text="The Mitribah, Kuwait temperature is now accepted by the WMO as the highest temperature ever recorded for the continental region of Asia and the two observations are the third (tied within uncertainty limits) and fourth highest WMO-recognized temperature extremes. Significantly, they are the highest, officially-recognized temperatures to have been recorded in the last 76 years" auname="The World Meteorological Organisation"></div>



 Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California recorded the hottest temperature ever recorded at 56.7°C on 10 July 1913, according to WMO The Warmest Year The strong influence of <keyword id="51549" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="El-Nino">El Nino</keyword> — an abnormal weather pattern caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean near the Equator. that can lead to drought at one place and hurricane at the other — has pushed 2016 to be the hottest year on record till date. In fact, all the 20 warmest year history have occurred over the course of last 22 years pointing towards an upward trend in extreme weather conditions.

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It’s official: Kuwait and Pakistan recorded the 3rd and 4th hottest temperatures ever

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