Temperatures in Kuwait reached 54C this week, making Thursday the hottest day ever recorded. The blistering temperature was recorded in Mitribah, Kuwait, on Thursday. And yesterday, Iraq was nearly as hot, as the mercury soared to 53.9C. Weather forecaster Nagham Muhammad expected temperatures on Saturday to hover around 49 degrees Celsius in Basra and to decline in the coming days. Muhammad added that temperatures in Baghdad are expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius. And weather historian, Christopher C. Burt said the temperatures made them the hottest “ever reliably measured on Earth”. On Wednesday, temperatures soared up to 51C in Baghdad and as much as 53C in Basra. The spring season in March is warm with occasional thunderstorms in Kuwait. The frequent winds from the northwest are cold in winter and hot in summer. Southeasterly damp winds spring up between July and October. Hot and dry south winds prevail in spring and early summer. The shamal, a northwesterly wind common during June and July, causes dramatic sandstorms. The temperature in Kuwait during summer is above 25C. The highest recorded temperature was 54.4C which is the highest temperature recorded in Asia. Kuwait experiences colder winters than other GCC countries because of its location in a northern position near Iraq and Iran.