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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]
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.
Death Valley broke its own heat record Friday, hitting 127 degrees. It breaks the old mark of 122 F last tied in 2013. ... Temperatures at or above 130 F have only been recorded on Earth a handful ...
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 average high temperature last month in Death Valley was 121.9 degrees, tying the record set in July 1917. The National Weather Service keeps a temperature sensor in Furnace Creek in Death Valley.
Death Valley is the hottest and driest place in North America due to its lack of surface water and low relief. It is so frequently the hottest spot in the United States that many tabulations of the highest daily temperatures in the country omit Death Valley as a matter of course. [16] [17]
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?
Loaded 0%. Death Valley, Calif., set a record Thursday for the highest recorded temperature for the month of September, hitting 127 degrees Fahrenheit. The new record comes as California bakes in ...