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The highest recorded temperature in the U.S. was also recorded in California's aptly named Furnace Creek in 1913. It was 134 degrees on July 10. peterleabo/istockphoto
Furnace Creek holds the record for the most consecutive days above 120 °F (49 °C): 43 days, from July 6 through August 17, 1917. [12] The average temperature of July 2018 was 108.1 °F (42.3 °C), which is the highest temperature of any month for any place in the world. [13] [14]
That day, Washington DC hit 104 °F (40 °C), the highest temperature there since 2012, and was the first time since the Dust Bowl temperatures exceeded the century mark for three days. [26] A record breaking fourth day would occur on July 17, with temperatures of 101 °F (38 °C). [27] A record high temperature was also tied in Hartford. [28]
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]
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July 18, 2023 at 6:27 AM Tourists are flocking to Death Valley hoping to experience record breaking temperatures . Death Valley in California hit a US record of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.6C) in 1913.
The valley's lowest temperature, recorded at Greenland Ranch (now Furnace Creek) on January 2, 1913, was 15 °F (−9 °C). [ 28 ] The highest surface temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 201.0 °F (93.9 °C), on July 15, 1972, at Furnace Creek , which is the highest ground surface temperature ever recorded on earth, as well as the ...
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 ...