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Days Above 35°C, 1953

Figures for 1953, as ECMWF published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Days Above 35°C, 1953 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 185.80; 94 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.19. Against 1952, 139 values changed (49 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Days Above 35°C · Data for 1953

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

185.80

Lowest94 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Days Above 35°C, 1953, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Days Above 35°C, 1953: every country, as published by World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF).
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia185.80
MaliMLIWestern Africa176.87
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia165.64
QatarQATWestern Asia162.51
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa160.88
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa159.55
NigerNERWestern Africa159.46
OmanOMNWestern Asia158.41
SenegalSENWestern Africa156.88
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia137.53
ChadTCDMiddle Africa133.11
SudanSDNNorthern Africa132.61
IraqIRQWestern Asia132.34
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa109.77
GambiaGMBWestern Africa109.39
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa108.64
BeninBENWestern Africa90.29
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa86.36
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa77.54
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia77.14
GhanaGHAWestern Africa74.37
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa73.63
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand71.66
YemenYEMWestern Asia68.22
SyriaSYRWestern Asia68.14

02In 1953

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates185.80
  2. Mali176.87
  3. Kuwait165.64
  4. Qatar162.51
  5. Mauritania160.88

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 139values changed, of 222 in both
  • 49 · 90rose · fell
  • 83unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • 121 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 94 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF) (1953). Days Above 35°C, 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hot-days-35c/1953

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07Questions

Days Above 35°C, 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest days above 35°C in Days Above 35°C, 1953?

United Arab Emirates, at 185.80, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Days Above 35°C, 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Days Above 35°C, 1953 cover?

222.

Where can I download Days Above 35°C, 1953?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Days Above 35°C, 1953 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Days Above 35°C, 2025.

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