The highest recorded temperature in Canada was 45°C (113 °F) in Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, on July 5, 1937.Think that would have been a scorching summer? See how Canada’s hottest temperature compares to the recorded highs across the globe…
AFRICA – 57.8 °C (136 °F)
Al’Aziziyah, Libya
September 13, 1922
ANTARCTICA – 15 °C (59 °F)
Vanda Station, Scott Coast
January 5, 1974
ASIA- 53.9 °C (129.0 °F)
Tirat Tzvi, Israel
June 21, 1942
AUSTRALIA- 50.7 °C (123.3 °F)*
Oodnadatta, South Australia
January 2, 1960
*Note: Temperature recorded by standard equipment. Non-standard equipment recorded an even higher temperature of Cloncurry, Queensland, of 53°C (128 °F) on January 16, 1889!
EUROPE – 48 °C (118.4 °F)
Athens, Greece
July 10, 1977
NORTH AMERICA – 56.7 °C (134 °F)
Death Valley, California
July 10, 1913
SOUTH AMERICA – 49.1 °C (120.4 °F)
Villa de María, Córdoba, Argentina
January 2, 1920