Al 'Aziziyah
Al 'Aziziyah (Arabic: العزيزية Al 'Azīzīya), sometimes spelt El Azizia, is a ceety in an caipital o Al Jfara Destrict in northwastren Libie, 55 kilometres (34 mi) soothwast o Tripoli. Afore 2001 it wis in Al 'Aziziyah Destrict an its ciapital. Al 'Aziziyah is a major trade centre o the Sahel Jeffare plateau, being on a trade route frae the coast tae the Nafusa Muntains an the Fezzan region tae the sooth. As o 2009, the ceety's population haes been estimatit at ower 4,000.[1]
Geography an climate [edit]
On 13 September 1922, a heich temperature o 57.8°C (136°F) wis recordit in Al 'Aziziyah, which is the heichest temperature iver measured on Earth.[2][3]
However, that readin is controversial:[4][5]
- The weather station wis at first in Al Aziziyah toun, but in 1919 it wis muivit tae a hilltop fort, whaur the weather station wis set up on black tarmac, which wad hae absorbed mair sunlicht an made the air there airtificially hotter, explainin a period o vera hot readins there frae 1919 tae 1928.
- Shortly afore the 13 September 1922 record readin, the weather station's uisual maximum thermometer haed been damaged, an replaced bi an uncalibratit ordinary maximum-minimum thermometer such as aften uised in greenhouses.
This record does no mean that Al 'Aziziyah is the hottest place on Earth; that title belangs tae Dallol, Ethiopie, whaur the mean temperatur is 34.4°C (94°F). If the record wis no the actual temperatur, then the hottest temperature is 56.7°C (134°F) which haes been recordit in 1913 in Daith Valley in the Unitir States.
| Climate data for Al 'Aziziyah, Libie (1920-1942) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
44.5 (112.1) |
48.3 (118.9) |
49.5 (121.1) |
51.9 (125.4) |
51.0 (123.8) |
56.0 (132.8) |
57.8 (136.0) |
57.8 (136.0) |
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| Source: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=2</ref> | |||||||||||||
Notes [edit]
- ↑ "العزيزية" ("Al 'Aziziyah") World Gazetteer. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ↑ Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation. National Climatic Data Center. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retrieved on 3 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ What is the highest temperature recorded on Earth, and what's a reasonable upper limit on the Earth's temperature?. Goddard Space Flight Center. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Retrieved on 6 September 2009. .[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Broken thermometer led to a record breaker", 13 November 2010.
- ↑ Burt, Christopher C. (2010-10-08). QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE WORLD’S HOTTEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD: 136.4°F (58°C) AT AL AZIZIA, LIBYA SEPTEMBER 13, 1922. Weather Underground. Retrieved on 9 October 2010. .
Coordinates: 32°31′51″N 13°01′16″E / 32.53083°N 13.02111°E
