Salt formations in Dallol, Ethiopia (Photo: Matej Hudovernik/shutterstock.com
Much like the question of where the geographic center of the United States is, the specific point on Earth that reigns as the planet’s hottest turns out to be a very complex, loaded question.
For one thing, “hottest” isn’t as empirical as it sounds: do we mean the place that reaches the highest temperature? The place with the highest average temperature? Or do we factor in humidity to come up with a place that is the most unpleasant for humans, climate-wise? And where are we getting this data from? Is it even reliable?
Every one of those questions has an answer, and every one of those answers can be argued, although the answer is probably not going to be “my apartment in July” unless you live in one of the world’s most remote places. Instead of trying to crown an individual hottest place, we investigated all of the viable contenders.
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