With 51.6 degrees in May, the United Arab Emirates beat a temperature record – Liberation
The record was set in the city of Sweihan, in the north of the country. Friday, May 23, the United Arab Emirates recorded the highest temperature ever measured for this month since the start of the statements in 2003: 51.6 degrees Celsius.
« The highest temperature recorded today in the country is 51.6 ° C in Sweihan (Al Ain), at 1:45 pm local time »said the National Meteorology Center (NCM). In a publication on X, after the 50.4 ° C record established the day before in the Abu Dhabi region, around 100 kilometers.
The NCM added that it was only missing 0.4 degrees to match the absolute heat record never recorded in the Emirates, reached in 2010 on the island of Al Yasat, off the capital. In Dubai, where mercury flirted on Saturday with 45 ° C, many motorists complained of the difficulty of their air conditioning contain the stifling heat.
In the streets, life followed its course: the inhabitants continued to circulate, some protected by parasols, while water sellers and juice bars saw customers flow.
Gulf countries accustomed to extreme temperaturesthe Emirates seem to be faced with a particularly early season entry this year.
The previous month had already been marked by unusual heat, with an average record maximum temperature of 42.6 ° C, pushing the authorities to launch health recommendations: drinking abundantly and avoiding outdoor activities at the hottest hours.
On April 27, a peak of 46.6 ° C had been recorded, the second highest temperature ever raised in April in the country, just behind the absolute record of April 2012 (46.9 ° C).
Globally, the extremely hot number of days has almost doubled in three decades. Scientists emphasize that repeated heat waves are an unequivocal marker of the global warming and that these waves of heat are called upon to multiply, lie down and intensify.
