Highest Temperatures by Continent

North America holds the highest continental record at 56.7°C (Death Valley, USA), followed by Africa at 55°C (Kebili, Tunisia), and Asia at 53.9°C (Mitribah, Kuwait).

Sources

• Guinness World Records - Hottest places
• InfoPlease - Highest Recorded Temperatures
• Al Jazeera - Mapping the hottest temperatures around the world
• NCDC: Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation

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