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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 ...
Death Valley was sizzling with temperatures coming dangerously close to the highest ever recorded on Earth. ... Death Valley holds the world record for the highest temperature ever recorded at 134 ...
Some meteorologists have disputed how accurate Death Valley’s 110-year-old hot-temperature record is, with weather historian Christopher Burt disputing it for several reasons, which he laid out ...
[1] [17] Modern weather historians such as Christopher C. Burt and William Taylor Reid have also claimed that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 to 2.8 °C (4 to 5 °F) too high. [18] [19] The WMO has come out in support of the current record stating that "We accept that Death Valley temperature extreme record. If ...
The sweltering heat could creep close to the world’s record highest temperature of 134 degrees marked at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley on July 10th, 1913, according to the National Weather ...
However, this value is disputed; a record high low of 107 °F (42 °C) on July 12, 2012, is considered reliable. [31] This is one of the highest values ever recorded. [32] 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]
On Saturday, Death Valley reached 128 degrees, breaking the daily record of 127 set on July 6, 2007. Las Vegas reached 115 degrees, tying with records in 2007 and 1989.
This reading broke the previous record high temperature of 121 in 1921. The day prior, the mercury in Death Valley soared to a sizzling 123 F, which shattered the daily record high of 120 set in 1994.