Hot Enough For Ya?

Way back on September 13, 1922, a meteorological station in El Azizia, Libya, recorded a temperature of 136° F (57.8° C). As such, it has long been regarded as the hottest place on Earth. Death Valley, California, was the previous title holder with a very close second place measurement of 134° F (56.6° C) on July 10, 1913. A recent UPI article, however, reports that new research by a University of Montana team using data from the U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat satellites found that, in 2005, the Lut Desert in Iran reached a blistering 159.3° F (70.7° C). That's more than 22° F (12° C) warmer than the official air temperature record from Libya.