Against the background of the abnormal heat, the authorities of several regions of Kuwait urged residents to use electricity more economically.
The air temperature in Kuwait in recent days has been record-breaking even for this Middle Eastern country: 53.3 degrees Celsius in the shade and 70 degrees Celsius in the sun.
According to the local newspaper Al Rai, this summer in the country is thus becoming the hottest in the last 70 years.
Against the background of the heat wave, the authorities of several regions of Kuwait urged residents to use electricity more economically, as well as replace old air conditioners in homes and offices, as they put a serious load on the local power system.
“Such high temperatures are primarily due to Kuwait’s proximity to the Tropic of Cancer, where the sun is directly perpendicular to it. Another reason is the so-called seasonal Indian depression (a tropical cyclone forming in the Indian Ocean with winds from 14-17 m / s and higher – ed.) , the influence of which this year, in addition to Kuwait, is also subject to Saudi Arabia and the southern regions of Iraq, “- quotes the publication of the words of a member of the Arab Union of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Badr al-Amir.
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He believes that due to serious climate change in the region and in the world over the next 50 years, the average temperature in summer in Kuwait could reach 60 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology under the General Administration of Civil Aviation of Kuwait said that they do not confirm such high indicators of abnormal heat, stopping at 53.5 degrees Celsius in the sun, but they admit that thermometers in cars and other measuring instruments can really show from 65 to 70 degrees Celsius, transfers TASS.
According to the ministry, the moderate air temperature at night and the high temperature during the day in the country will remain until the day of the autumn equinox, that is, on September 22. However, as the experts interviewed by the newspaper pointed out, “we can already say that the recorded temperature indicators are the highest in the world at the moment.”
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