Rabat- Al-Jahra, a Northern Kuwaiti City, has recorded temperatures of 53.5°C today, Gulf News reported today.
This makes Kuwait the hottest place on earth in 2021, surpassing the temperatures reached by its neighbors, such as Iraq and Iran, at 51 degrees. The Northern city of Nuwaiseeb also recorded a temperature of 53.2°C last Saturday.
Kuwait recorded a temperature of 50°C last month during a heatwave that hit the country, and weather monitoring service, Time and Date, ranks Kuwait and Doha as the world’s hottest capitals with temperatures reaching 48°C.
The extremely warm temperatures in Kuwait this summer don’t come as a surprise since the entire globe is experiencing heatwaves and high temperatures, including in Morocco where temperatures reached highs of 45°C recently.
This increase in temperatures worldwide brought climate change issues into the global spotlight, raising questions about the reasons for such drastic changes. Additionally, these concerns have been exacerbated by recent accidents, such as the Pemex gas leak, which caused the Gulf of Mexico to catch on fire and spawned an international backlash.
