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Now that's a scorcher! Temperature in Iran hits 165F due to 'heat dome' over Middle East... while Iraq declares national holiday because it's too hot for people to go to work
Nick Enoch
July 31, 2015
- City of Bandar Mahshahr registered heat index equivalent to 74C on Friday
- Heat index - or 'feel-like' temperature - takes humidity into account
- AccuWeather meteorologist Anthony Sagliani: 'It's one of the most incredible temperature observations I've ever seen... one of the most extreme readings ever in the world'
- High pressure ridge ('heat dome') over region since beginning of July
- Authorities in Iraq declared mandatory four-day holiday starting Thursday
- Heat index in Baghdad yesterday was 126F (52C)
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If the mercury heads north of 70F in Britain, the nation tends to go 'summer crazy' and breaks out the budgie smugglers, sandals and shorts.
But spare a thought for residents in the city of Bandar Mahshahr, south-west Iran, where 'hot' has taken on a whole new meaning.
Today, it reached a super-sweltering 165F (74C) on the heat index (or 'feel-like' temperature), taking into account humidity - making it one of the highest temperatures ever recorded.
Bandar Mahshahr's air temperature registered 115F (46C) coupled with a dew point temperature of 90F (32C) at 4.30pm local time.