Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today

There are going to be a lot of climate refugees in the next quarter century. Crop failures, and literally unlivable temperatures like these. I doubt even Rwanda will be able to take them all in.

For some perspective, since this seems to be on the sensational side, the yearly <i>average</i> high for August is 117, with temperatures routinely reaching into the 120s, with similar reports found through the last decade (on mobile, can’t reference easily).

See you next year for a new record high temp.

Record is 56.7°C (134°F) from 1913.<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wmo.asu.edu&#x2F;content&#x2F;world-highest-temperature" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wmo.asu.edu&#x2F;content&#x2F;world-highest-temperature</a>

That&#x27;s not ideal. I wonder what the wet bulb temperature was recorded at