The two hottest climates for every continent (warmest, recorded, temperature)

[EverBlack]

The average high for the hottest month:

Antarctica:

San Martín Base, Antarctica 4.2 °C
Comandante Ferraz, Antarctica 4.3 °C

South America:

La Rioja, Argentina 35.0 °C
Rivadavia, Argentina 35.8 °C

Europe:

Seville, Spain 36.0 °C
Córdoba, Spain 36.9 °C

Australia:

Nanutarra, Australia 41.3 °C
Marble Bar, Australia 41.6 °C

Asia:

Ahvaz, Iran 46.3 °C
Kuwait City, Kuwait 46.7 °C

North America:

Bullhead City, Arizona 44.4 °C
Furnace Creek, California 46.9 °C

Africa:

In Salah, Algeria 46.4 °C
Reggane, Algeria 46.9 °C

[Ariete]

Seen you've been busy again.

[Mhc1985]

Hottest climate = highest annual average, not highest monthly average; let alone highest monthly average high.

By the way, I think you should consider period of records, as it can heavily screw/bias the figures, and check some places that were overlooked, such as Valledupar, Colombia and surrounding areas.

This is a good article that comprehensively analyses what the hottest places in the world by continent/region are: https://www.wunderground.com/blog/we...al-temperature

[lommaren]

Athens 36.5 C according to Wikipedia.

[Palider]

Originally Posted by Mhc1985

Hottest climate = highest annual average, not highest monthly average; let alone highest monthly average high.

Was about to say this before reading your post.

[grega94]

Originally Posted by Mhc1985

Hottest climate = highest annual average, not highest monthly average; let alone highest monthly average high.

By the way, I think you should consider period of records, as it can heavily screw/bias the figures, and check some places that were overlooked, such as Valledupar, Colombia and surrounding areas.

This is a good article that comprehensively analyses what the hottest places in the world by continent/region are: https://www.wunderground.com/blog/we...al-temperature

Not necessarily, you can have a very mild climate with a very high yearly average, and a continental climate with a very hot summer, but a lower yearly avg than the mild climate. So which one would be hotter? The one that 20-25C all year long or the one that goes 40C+ in the summer but also gets cool/cold winters?

[Ethereal]

I thought Dallol was the hottest in Africa?

[EverBlack]

Well, there are various definitions of "hot", and I didn't want to use the yearly mean, I wanted to use the average high in the hottest month

[chicagogeorge]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

I thought Dallol was the hottest in Africa?

Yea, but they only have 6 years of data available.

[Guajara]

Sorry for the Nitpicking.

Inland Places of Kuwait average higher High Temps than Kuwait City, though there are no averages available for those places.

Mitribah (Kuwaits warmest meteorological station): Synop report summary

Kuwait City International Airport: Synop report summary

Kuwait City (close to the coast): Synop report summary

Where these weather stations are in relation to each other.



Mitribah was the weather station that recorded 54°C this years summer.
https://www.wunderground.com/blog/Je...it-fries-in-54

There's also places slightly warmer than Ahvaz in Khuzestan, Iran.

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