Not as hard to imagine as one might think. Lethbridge, Alberta was at 46 degrees two days ago.

Not as hard to imagine as one might think. Lethbridge, Alberta was at 46 degrees two days ago.

Several cities in the Gulf are getting increasingly accustomed to such heat. Basra – population 2.1 million – registered 53.9C two years ago. Kuwait City and Doha have experienced 50C or more in the past decade. At Quriyat, on the coast of Oman, overnight temperatures earlier this summer remained above 42.6C, which is believed to be the highest “low” temperature ever recorded in the world. #cdnpoli

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/13/halfway-boiling-city-50c