Temperatures did not drop below 36C in Sedom, Israel on Tuesday night, while several parts of Jordan stayed above 35C on Monday
Jordan and Israel have suffered through their hottest nights on record, with nocturnal temperatures in the Levant well above levels that scientists consider “hellish”.
Temperatures on Monday night did not go below 35C (95F) in Ghor es-Safi and Aqaba in Jordan, while in the capital, Amman, they stayed above 31.8C.
In Israel, meteorologists reported a record-breaking nighttime minimum on Tuesday night of 36C in Sedom.
“It’s like you’re walking in a sauna,” said Fayha al-Shibli, a climate scientist at the University of Jordan, who lives in Amman.
