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The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [7] In 2011, a ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) was recorded in Port Sudan , Sudan. [ 8 ]
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 only recorded surface temperature of above 200 °F (93.3 °C). [29]
Satellite measurements of ground temperature taken between 2003 and 2009, taken with the MODIS infrared spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite, found a maximum temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which was recorded in 2005 in the Lut Desert, Iran. The Lut Desert was also found to have the highest maximum temperature in 5 of the 7 years ...
Ground temperatures can really burn, though. The hottest Furnace Creek ever got was 201 Fahrenheit on July 15, 1972. However, maximum air temperature recorded that day was a mere 128 degrees ...
The North African town of Ouargla, Algeria, which is located in the Sahara Desert, just experienced temperatures of 124 F, or 51 C, which may be the highest ever recorded on the continent.
A ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) has been recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan. [108] A ground temperature of 93.9 °C (201 °F) was recorded in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, United States on 15 July 1972; this may be the highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded. [109]
The world's absolute heat records, over 50 °C (122 °F), are generally in the hot deserts, where the heat potential can be the highest on the planet. This includes the record of 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) in Death Valley, which is currently considered the highest temperature recorded on Earth. [4]
[25] [26] On 28 July 2010, Oymyakon recorded a record high temperature of 34.6 °C (94.3 °F), [27] yielding a temperature range of 102.3 °C (184.1 °F). Verkhoyansk , Yakutsk , Delyankir , Tegyulte , and Fort Vermilion , Canada are the only other known places in the world that have a temperature amplitude higher than 100 °C (180 °F).