Guys, Our Planet Is on Fire. Here Are The All-Time Heat Records Set Worldwide This Week

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Guys, Our Planet Is on Fire. Here Are The All-Time Heat Records Set Worldwide This Week

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As we reported, Quriyat, Oman, posted the world's hottest low temperature ever recorded on June 28: 109 degrees Fahrenheit (42.6 Celsius).

These various records add to a growing list of heat milestones set over the past 15 months that are part and parcel of a planet that is trending hotter as greenhouse gas concentrations increase because of human activity:

In April, Pakistan posted the hottest temperature ever observed on Earth during the month of 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit (50.2 Celsius).
Dallas had never hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit in November before, but it did so three times in four days in 2017.
In late October 2017, temperatures soared to 108 degrees Fahrenheit in Southern California, the hottest weather on record so late in the season in the entire United States.
On Sept. 1, 2017, San Francisco hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit, smashing its all-time hottest temperature.
In late July 2017, Shanghai registered its highest temperature in recorded history, 105.6 degrees Fahrenheit (40.9 Celsius).
In mid-July, Spain posted its highest temperature recorded when Cordoba Airport (in the south) hit 116.4 degrees Fahrenheit (46.9 Celsius).
In July 2017, Death Valley, Calif., endured the hottest month recorded on Earth.
In late June 2017, Ahvaz, Iran, soared to 128.7 degrees Fahrenheit Fahrenheit (53.7 Celsius) — that country's all-time hottest temperature.
In late May 2017, the western town of Turbat in Pakistan hit 128.3 degrees Fahrenheit (53.5 Celsius), tying the all-time highest temperature in that country and the world-record temperature for May, according to Masters.