With heat? Check 7 record-breaking temperatures around the world

56.7 ° C is the highest recorded temperature worldwide

Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California, United States on July 10, 1913.

The record of 58 ºC in Azizia, Libya (1922), was disregarded in 2012.

55ºC is the highest temperature recorded in Africa

Kebili, Tunisia on July 7, 1931.

53.9 ° C is the highest temperature recorded in Asia (and the Eastern Hemisphere)

Tirat Zvi, Israel, June 21, 1942.

50.7 ° C is the highest temperature recorded in Oceania (and the Southern Hemisphere)

Oodnadatta, Australia, January 2, 1960.

48.9 ° C is the highest temperature recorded in South America

Rivadavia, Salta, Argentina on December 11, 1905.

48 ° C is the highest temperature recorded in Europe

Athens, Greece, on July 10, 1977.

It's in Brazil? The highest temperature recorded in 44.7 ° C

Bom Jesus, Piauí, on November 21, 2005.

Due to the doubts of many of our readers, we sought the Simepar Institute, located in Curitiba, to enlighten us. Why do the temperatures we observe in our cities seem so much higher than this record in Brazil? This is because street thermometers are not well calibrated and are very exposed to solar radiation.

Taking them into account would be almost equal to considering the temperature inside a car locked in the sun all day. As the structure gets too hot to be exposed, the sensor inside the street thermometer shows higher values ​​than those officially measured by the World Meteorological Organization.

The standard official measurement used by this organization and, therefore, by official agencies throughout Brazil (including Simepar, with which we speak), is made in the shade inside a weather shelter. Especially on sunny days, the street thermometer offers a measurement far above the official one, which is made under more reliable conditions.