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  2. Atacama Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.

  3. List of weather records - Wikipedia

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    Lut Desert: 2005: Highest natural ground surface temperature 70.7 °C ... Highest temperature ever recorded north of the 50th parallel north: 49.6 °C ...

  4. Highest temperature recorded on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Satellite measurements of ground temperature taken between 2003 and 2009, taken with the MODIS infrared spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite, found a maximum temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which was recorded in 2005 in the Lut Desert, Iran. The Lut Desert was also found to have the highest maximum temperature in 5 of the 7 years ...

  5. The Hottest Air Temperature on Earth Was Recorded in Death ...

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    Recently analyzed satellite data reveals that the Lut Desert in Iran hit a global surface temperature record of 177.4 degrees Fahrenheit in 2018. Summers can be hot in Death Valley, California.

  6. Desert climate - Wikipedia

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    The world's absolute heat records, over 50 °C (122 °F), are generally in the hot deserts, where the heat potential can be the highest on the planet. This includes the record of 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) in Death Valley, which is currently considered the highest temperature recorded on Earth. [4]

  7. San Pedro de Atacama - Wikipedia

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    The record high temperature of 38.3 °C (100.9 °F) was registered in January 2024 in San Pedro de Atacama. [5] Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as cold desert (BWk) [6] for an isotherm of the mean yearly temperature of lower than 18 °C (64 °F).

  8. Africa may have just seen its hottest day ever recorded - AOL

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    The North African town of Ouargla, Algeria, which is located in the Sahara Desert, just experienced temperatures of 124 F, or 51 C, which may be the highest ever recorded on the continent.

  9. Climate of Chile - Wikipedia

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    The cold Humboldt Current and the Pacific Anticyclone are essential to keep the dry climate of Atacama Desert. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to ...