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A ground temperature of 84 °C (183 °F) was reportedly taken in Port Sudan, Sudan. [29] 22 January 2017: 57.2 °C (135.0 °F) Air Beverly Hills, California United States: According to the Los Angeles Almanac, 57.2 °C (135.0 °F) was the hottest temperature historically recorded among 20 Los Angeles County weather stations.
Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 °C (54 to 90 °F). [6] The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [7]
The hottest Furnace Creek ever got was 201 Fahrenheit on July 15, 1972. However, maximum air temperature recorded that day was a mere 128 degrees Fahrenheit, because air is a poor heat conductor.
Earth's hottest temperature will remain an elusive record. There are many flavors of record heat: scorching daytime highs, hot nighttime lows, record-long heatwave duration, and the like, Henson said.
The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 at Furnace Creek, said Randy Ceverny of the World Meteorological Organization, the body recognized as keeper of ...
The average annual temperature for Verkhoyansk is −13.7 °C (7.3 °F). On 20 June 2020 Verkhoyansk recorded a temperature of +38.0 °C (100.4 °F), [18] [19] yielding a temperature range of 105.8 °C (190.4 °F) based on reliable records, making it the largest temperature range in the world. It was also the highest temperature above the ...
A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid global alarm over the climate change crisis. A spokeswoman for the World Meteorological ...
Hottest air temperature recorded in South America, at Rivadavia, Argentina on 1905-12-11 [24] Maximum safe temperature for hot water according to numeric U.S. plumbing codes [ 42 ] Water will cause a second-degree burn after 8 minutes and a third-degree burn after 10 minutes [ 42 ]