According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the highest confirmed air temperature on Earth was 56.7 ° C (134.1 ° F) in Furnace Creek Ranch, California, located in the Death Valley desert in the United States, on July 10, 1913. This temperature has been disputed though by weather historians such as Christopher C. Burt from Weather Underground. He stated that he believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth '', and is at least 4 to 5 ° F (2.2 to 2.8 ° C) too high. This same conclusion has also been reached by historians Dr. Arnold Court and William Taylor Reid. Randy Cerveny, a member of the WMO and professor of geography at Arizona State University said in 2012 that: "We accept that Death Valley temperature extreme record. Obviously if any new materials on it surface, we will be prepared to open an investigation, but at this time all available evidence points to its legitimacy. '' If the 1913 record were to be decertified, the current highest recorded temperature on Earth would be 54.0 ° C (129.2 ° F), recorded both in Death Valley on June 20, 2013, and in Mitribah, Kuwait on July 21, 2016.
where is the hottest recorded place on earth
Furnace Creek Ranch, California, located in the Death Valley desert in the United States