The first new all-time national
temperature record of 2012 belongs to Morocco, thanks to the 121.3°F
(49.6°C) temperature measured at Marrakech on July 17, 2012. According to the Wunderground International Records data base
maintained by our weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, the previous
record was 120.4°F (49.1°C) at Agadir on July 30, 2009. A hotter
temperature of 51.7°C (125.1°F) was reported from Aghadir (Agadir) Souss
Massa Dra region on 17 August 1940 during a chergui wind event. However, this reading is considered unreliable by weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, since the temperature was 6°C higher than that measured at nearby stations.
Seven nations set all time heat records in 2011. Nineteen nations (plus the the U.K.'s Ascension Island) set all-time extreme heat records in 2010.
One nation (Zambia, in 2011) set an all-time cold record during the
period 2010 - 2012. With a very hot airmass in place over much of North
Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia the remainder of this week,
more all-time national heat records may fall.
- Dr Jeff Masters' WunderBlog
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