<P> The standard measuring conditions for temperature are in the air , 1.5 meters above the ground , and shielded from direct sunlight . From 1922 until 2012 , the WMO record for the highest official temperature on Earth was 57.8 ° C ( 136.0 ° F ) , registered on September 13 , 1922 in ' Aziziya , Libya . In January 2012 , the WMO decertified the 1922 record , citing persuasive evidence that it was a faulty reading recorded in error by an inexperienced observer . Christopher C. Burt , the weather historian writing for Weather Underground who shepherded the Libya reading 's 2012 disqualification , believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is also `` a myth '' , and is at least 4 to 5 ° F ( 2.2 to 2.8 ° C ) too high . This same conclusion has also been reached by historians Dr. Arnold Court and William Taylor Reid . If the 1913 record were to be decertified , the current highest recorded temperature on Earth would be 54.0 ° C ( 129.2 ° F ) , recorded both in Death Valley on June 20 , 2013 , and in Mitribah , Kuwait on July 21 , 2016 . Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 ° C. The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been estimated to be between 90 and 100 ° C ( between 194 and 212 ° F ) for dry , darkish soils of low thermal conductivity . While there is no highest confirmed ground temperature , a reading of 93.9 ° C ( 201 ° F ) was allegedly recorded in Furnace Creek Ranch on July 15 , 1972 . </P>
<P> The standard measuring conditions for temperature are in the air , 1.5 meters above the ground , and shielded from direct sunlight . From 1922 until 2012 , the WMO record for the highest official temperature on Earth was 57.8 ° C ( 136.0 ° F ) , registered on September 13 , 1922 in ' Aziziya , Libya . In January 2012 , the WMO decertified the 1922 record , citing persuasive evidence that it was a faulty reading recorded in error by an inexperienced observer . Christopher C. Burt , the weather historian writing for Weather Underground who shepherded the Libya reading 's 2012 disqualification , believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is also `` a myth '' , and is at least 4 to 5 ° F ( 2.2 to 2.8 ° C ) too high . This same conclusion has also been reached by historians Dr. Arnold Court and William Taylor Reid . If the 1913 record were to be decertified , the current highest recorded temperature on Earth would be 54.0 ° C ( 129.2 ° F ) , recorded both in Death Valley on June 20 , 2013 , and in Mitribah , Kuwait on July 21 , 2016 . Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 ° C. The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been estimated to be between 90 and 100 ° C ( between 194 and 212 ° F ) for dry , darkish soils of low thermal conductivity . While there is no highest confirmed ground temperature , a reading of 93.9 ° C ( 201 ° F ) was allegedly recorded in Furnace Creek Ranch on July 15 , 1972 . </P>
where are the highest temperatures on earth recorded
where are the highest temperatures on earth recorded
Death Valley Mitribah , Kuwait
Death Valley Mitribah , Kuwait