I would have expected A city in some other country to be declared as Hottest Ever Recorded.
Someplace in the Delhi or Rajasthan areas of India, where it often goes OVER 122F’. Another place unfit for human habitation! Where is this supposed to be, the planet of Mercury? Appropriate Sun Block not yet invented.
For decades a location in the middle of Libya was listed as having a temp of 136°F in the early 20th century, but they pulled it saying they couldn’t prove its accuracy.