When was the highest temperature ever recorded

Meteorologist Paul Dorian Peraton peratonweather. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube. Contact Us Use the form on the right to contact us. Philadelphia New York City Huntsville. Outlooks Medium range outlooks Seasonal Outlooks. Info Email. All Blog Posts. Overview Death Valley, California will have high temperatures near the degree mark over the next few days, but this is still short of the all-time record there that occurred way back in Why so hot in Death Valley?

Extreme weather of The intense heat of July in California was not the only extreme heat measured that year in the US. Weather station reliability at Greenland Ranch In terms of the reliability of the Greenland Ranch weather station at Death Valley, California, there should be little question in that regard.

Interesting twist to the record In this particular case, we are dealing with what appears to be a reliable high temperature record that was set long ago and still stands today as the all-time record on the planet, but there is an interesting twist to the record.

Peterson, G. Mordacchini, V. Pelino, P. Bessemoulin, J. Stella, F. Driouech, M. M Abdel wahab, M. Pace, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Extreme heat will continue to plague the western third of the country through the middle of this week. It began on a sombre note as smoke from the wildfires of Australia in December started to circumnavigate the globe. In June, Siberia began to burn because of wildfires caused by intense heat.

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