Oman may have challenged the world record for the highest 24-hour minimum temper

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Weather News - Minimum temperature world record challenged

A weather station in Oman may have challenged the world record for the highest 24-hour minimum temperature earlier this week.

The coastal town of Qurayyat, located to the east of Oman's capital city Muscat, registered a minimum temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

Some weather record experts suggest that this could be the highest 24-hour minimum temperature on record anywhere in the world. This means the lowest temperature recorded at that site during the 24 hour period from midnight to midnight local time.

This week's potentially record-breaking heat comes one year after Oman's Khasab Airport made headlines for registering an overnight minimum temperature of 44.2 degrees Celsius during June 2017. This value is thought to have been an overnight minimum temperature world record by some experts.

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