Heat Records | Electronics Weekly

Japan saw its hottest day on record last August, reaching 41.8°C/107.2°F in Isesaki, in the Gunma Prefecture.

Eight other countries tied or beat their heat records last year, including Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Paraguay.

Cambodia set a new record at 42.8 °C/109.0 °F in 2024, while Laos hit a new all-time high of 43.7 °C/110.7 °F.

Australia and Uruguay matched their national records in 2022, with 50.7 °C/123.3 °F in Onslow and 44.0°C/111.2 °F in Florida.

The UK broke an all-time high in July 2022 as it passed the 40°C barrier.

Canada, Spain and Italy recorded peak temperatures in 2021.

in 2024, Italian record, 48.8 °C/119.8 °F at Syracuse, wascreported to be the highest temperature ever measured in Europe.

In Antarctica, a new record was hit in 2020 at the Esperanza base during the austral summer when temperatures rose to over 18 °C/64.9 °F.

One year earlier, the French national record of 46 °C/114.8 °F was measured at Vérargues (Hérault), while the 2019 heatwave also saw other records broken in Europe, such as in Belgium and Germany.

According to the WMO, the world record is still officially attributed to Furnace Creek, in California’s Death Valley National Park, with 56.7 °C/134 °F reached in 1913.