With record highs being threatened this summer, here are the hottest temperatures reliably measured around the planet:
, which keeps track of official records such as temperature, wind and rainfall, the record hottest air temperature measured anywhere on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913.In that same July 1913 event, Death Valley also recorded a high of 131 degrees on July 13. Given that the 134-degree high is suspect, that also calls into question the high recorded three days later.
That leaves the next hottest temperature as, once again, Death Valley, where it reached 130 degrees both in July 2021 and also August 2020, when rounding that August temperature up for official record-keeping.
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