Ahvaz becomes the "hottest city in the world" with temperatures exceeding 53 degrees
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that the temperature in the city of Ahvaz on Thursday, July 28, set the record for the hottest day ever recorded in Iran, and the city's temperature may have also reached the record for the hottest place in the world previously recorded.
According to this report, Etienne Capican, a meteorologist at the French agency "Meteor France", wrote on Twitter that the temperature in Ahvaz reached 53.7 Celsius (128.7 Fahrenheit) on Thursday afternoon.
He said this is the hottest day recorded in Iran and this is the highest temperature recorded in June in the Asian continent.
The report adds that, according to the Weather Underground website, the air temperature in Ahvaz reached 129.2 Fahrenheit between 4:30 and 5:00 PM on Thursday.
The Washington Post says that if the air temperature in Ahvaz has reached 129.2 Fahrenheit, the temperature in Ahvaz has also reached the highest temperature recorded in the world.
According to the report, the temperature in Mutrabiyya, Kuwait, reached 129.2 in July 2016, and in Death Valley, California, in June 2013.
Ahvaz is the hottest city in the world.
This is while Kourosh Bahadori, the director general of Khuzestan Meteorology, also said on Thursday: "Yesterday (Wednesday, July 27), the temperature in Ahvaz reached 53 degrees Celsius, and Ahvaz was the hottest city in the world. At least in recent weeks, we have not had a temperature of 53 degrees Celsius anywhere in the world."
According to ISNA, he also added: Yesterday, 14 cities in Khuzestan experienced temperatures of 51 and 52 degrees Celsius.
Ahvaz, with a population of over one million people, faces not only heat but also sweltering heat.
Ahvaz is also facing a dust phenomenon that has caused frequent power outages in the city.
Source: Radio Farda
