Highest temperature recorded on Earth
Unverified claims
The following are unverified claims of extreme heat over the current world record of 56.7 °C (134.1 °F). These include historical claims that were never authenticated due to the equipment available at the time, and unverified scientific claims.

Highest temperature recorded on Earth

Section Title: Unverified claims
Table Section Text: The following are unverified claims of extreme heat over the current world record of 56.7 °C (134.1 °F). These include historical claims that were never authenticated due to the equipment available at the time, and unverified scientific claims.

Date	Temperature °C/°F	Type	Cause	Location	Description

July 11, 1909	57.8 °C (136.0 °F)	Air	Heat burst	Cherokee, Oklahoma (United States)	This incident was recorded at 3:00 AM (CT), and reportedly caused crops to desiccate in the area.

July 6, 1949	70 °C (158.0 °F)	Air	Heat burst	Figueira da Foz, Coimbra (Portugal)	Within two minutes, a heat burst reportedly drove the air temperature from 38 to 70 °C (100.4 to 158.0 °F).

1960	60 °C (140.0 °F)	Air	Heat burst	Kopperl, Texas (United States)	A heat burst is claimed to have sent the air temperature to near 140 °F (60 °C), supposedly causing cotton crops to become desiccated and drying out vegetation.

June 1967	86.7 °C (188.1 °F)	Unknown	Heat burst	Abadan (Iran)	An alleged temperature of 86.7 °C (188.1 °F) was recorded during a heat burst in Abadan, Iran.

July 15, 1972	93.9 °C (201.0 °F)	Ground	N/A	Furnace Creek Ranch (United States)	See "Measurements" section above.

2005	70.7 °C (159.3 °F)	Satellite	N/A	Lut Desert (Iran)	See "Measurements" section above.

2008	66.8 °C (152.2 °F)	Satellite	N/A	Flaming Mountains (China)	See "Measurements" section above.

2011	84 °C (183 °F)	Ground	N/A	Port Sudan (Sudan)	A ground temperature of 84 °C (183 °F) was reportedly taken in Port Sudan, Sudan.

Sentence(s)

A reading of 93.9 °C (201 °F) was recorded in Furnace Creek Ranch on July 15, 1972.

final_sentence: A reading of 93.9 °C (201 °F) was recorded in Furnace Creek Ranch on July 15, 1972.