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Wikipedia claims this is 134F, not 131F, but that is apparently disputed. > The hottest air temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 134 °F (56.7 °C), on
by EMM_386 5y ago
Wikipedia claims this is 134F, not 131F, but that is apparently disputed.
> The hottest air temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 134 °F (56.7 °C), on July 10, 1913, at Greenland Ranch (now Furnace Creek),[6] which is the highest atmospheric temperature ever recorded on earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley#Climate
- jefftk 5y agoPerhaps read your parent again? They are distinguishing between reliable recent measurements and unreliable older ones.
- walrus01 5y agoHow accurate were thermometers in 1913?
- wtf42 5y agoAccurate enough. Saint Petersburg has been registering daily temperature measurements and publishing them in newspapers since 1778 (in Delisle scale).
- fallingfrog 5y agoHotly disputed