Ten national temperature records were broken or equalled in 2021, including the highest ever reliably measured on Earth

49.6C

Sidi Slimane, Morocco

10 July

49.6C

Lytton, Canada

29 June

54.4C

Furnace Creek, US

9 July

For the second year running, the tiny settlement of Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley recorded a temperature of 54.4C, the world record for a reliably-measured high temperature

35.8C

Canefield, Dominica

12 August

48.8C

Syracuse, Italy

20 July

49.1C

Cizre, Turkey

20 July

40.6C

Taimali, Taiwan

11 August

51.8C

Swiehan, UAE

6 June

51.6C

Joba, Oman

16 June

50.3C

Kairouan, Tunisia

11 August

49.6C

Sidi Slimane, Morocco

10 July

48.8C

Syracuse, Italy

20 July

49.1C

Cizre, Turkey

20 July

49.6C

Lytton, Canada

29 June

40.6C

Taimali, Taiwan

11 August

54.4C

Furnace Creek, US

9 July

For the second year running, the tiny settlement of Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley recorded a temperature of 54.4C, the world record for a reliably-measured high temperature

51.8C

Swiehan, UAE

6 June

51.6C

Joba, Oman

16 June

35.8C

Canefield, Dominica

12 August

50.3C

Kairouan, Tunisia

11 August