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Minimum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888 Maximum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888. The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. [1]
Tucson, Arizona, sits on the edge of the Sonoran Desert and is nearly as hot as Phoenix, located 100 miles to the northwest. One of Tucson's hottest summers in recent years occurred in 2013 when ...
In the Los Angeles area, which could see its hottest weather of the year Friday with temperatures near 100 degrees, "there is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for anyone, especially for the ...
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the highest temperature ever recorded was 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) on 10 July 1913 in Furnace Creek (Greenland Ranch), California, United States, [12] but the validity of this record is challenged as possible problems with the reading have since been discovered.
2. Texas. Statewide Average Maximum Temperature in 2023: 79.2°F. 1901-2000 Mean: 77.1°F. Hottest County: Webb County. The Lone Star State's pressure-cooker climate keeps it consistently toasty ...
It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. [3] Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1] It is 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Whitney – the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). [4]
Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
One of the most exceptional city heat streaks in US history finally ended Monday when Phoenix failed to hit 110 degrees for the first time in 31 consecutive days, but the heat is far from over for ...