Lugh Ganane - The hottest place in the world

Where is the hottest place on earth?

     For sheer consistency the hottest place in the world is Lugh Ganane in Somalia, east Africa, where the temperature never falls below about 31°C (88°Fahrenheit).

     However, the hottest temperature ever recorded was in 1933 at San Luis Potosi in Mexico where about 58° Centigrade (120° Fahrenheit) in the shade was recorded.

     In California in 1917 temperature about 49° C (120° F) were recorded on 43 consecutive days -- in Death Valley, not surprisingly.

     Western Australia also has more than its fair share of sunshine. At Marble Bar, for instance, the temperature remained around 100° F for 160 days and in 1946 at Wyndham, again in Western Australia, the temperature reached 90° F or more, for almost the whole year (333 days to be exact).