A record number of high temperature records, 24, were recorded across the world in 2019. The hottest record to be broken was in Hasakah, Syria which witnessed temperatures reach 50 degrees Celsius on August 13. That year was the second hottest year globally on record. Monthly temperature records were also broken on a large scale.
All-time high temperature records broken in 2019, by country or territory
(in degrees Celsius)
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Scientific American. (March 10, 2020). All-time high temperature records broken in 2019, by country or territory (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110394/hottest-world-cities-record-high-temperatures-country/
Scientific American. "All-time high temperature records broken in 2019, by country or territory (in degrees Celsius)." Chart. March 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110394/hottest-world-cities-record-high-temperatures-country/
Scientific American. (2020). All-time high temperature records broken in 2019, by country or territory (in degrees Celsius). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110394/hottest-world-cities-record-high-temperatures-country/
Scientific American. "All-time High Temperature Records Broken in 2019, by Country or Territory (in Degrees Celsius)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110394/hottest-world-cities-record-high-temperatures-country/
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All-time high temperature records broken in 2019, by country or territory (in degrees Celsius) [Graph], Scientific American, March 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110394/hottest-world-cities-record-high-temperatures-country/