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Temperatures often top 49 °C (120 °F) at Death Valley during the summer months. [2] The standard measuring conditions for temperature are in the air, 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above the ground, and shielded from direct sunlight. [3] Global surface temperatures as a whole have been monitored since the 1880s when record keeping began. [4]
Death Valley’s climate an ideal spot for a temperature record. Death Valley has a hellish summertime climate almost unlike any other spot on the planet: "With an average daily high of 115 ...
The temperature in Death Valley, California, hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit at the Furnace Creek Visitor’s Center on June 17, 2021. PATRICK T. FALLON - Getty Images
The hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134F (56.7C) in July 1913 at Furnace Creek inside the park. ... Why does it get so hot in Death Valley? ... no rain was recorded with the ...
Also on July 12, 2012, the mean 24-hour temperature recorded at Death Valley was 117.5 °F (47.5 °C), which makes it the world's warmest 24-hour temperature on record. [33] July 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded in Death Valley, with a mean daily average temperature over the month of 108.5 °F (42.5 °C). [34]
Burt, a weather historian for The Weather Company, finds fault with both of those measurements and lists 130 F (54.4 C) in July 2021 in Death Valley as his hottest recorded temperature on Earth.
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
Death Valley holds the world record for the highest temperature ever recorded at 134 degrees, and on July 7, the thermometer outside of the park's visitor center ticked above 130 degrees. But was ...