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The current official highest registered air temperature on Earth is 56.7 °C (134.1 °F), recorded on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley in the United States. [1] For few years, a former record that was measured in Libya had been in place, until it was decertified in 2012 based on evidence that it was an erroneous reading ...
The temperatures recorded at Death Valley during the period of hot weather from July 7-14, 1913, were not consistent with meteorological conditions during that time period, he said.
The highest ground temperature recorded was 201F (93.9C) at Furnace Creek on 15 July 1972 with the maximum air temperature for that day hitting 128F (53C). Why is it called Death Valley?
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 ...
The hottest air temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 134 °F (56.7 °C), on July 10, 1913, at Greenland Ranch (now Furnace Creek), [6] which, as of 2022, is the highest atmospheric temperature ever recorded on the Earth's surface. [5]
Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California's border with Nevada, reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.33 degrees Celsius) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek ...
Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the all-time highest temperature recorded on Earth (although its validity has been challenged, and in 2020 a temperature of 54.4 °C (129.9 °F) was recorded at the same location, which would make it the world's highest verified air temperature, subject to confirmation).
The highest temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 134 degrees in 1913. The park came close to breaking the record on July 7, 2024, when temperatures reached a staggering 129 degrees, the ...