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Originally Posted by sav858
The highest temperature ever recorded in Death Valley, and the Western Hemisphere as far as I know, is 134 degrees. So DV ain't that far off....
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A reading of 136.4 degrees at Al 'Aziziyah (el-Azizia), Libya, was obtained by the National Geographic Society but is not officially recognized by the Libyan Ministry of Communications.
The question also is whether that reading was recorded in a ventilated, white enclosure with the thermometer between 4 and 5 feet off the ground.
The official 134.6 degree temperature at Death Valley (Furnace Creek Ranch) was recorded in an official, approved structure. The average July maximum at Death Valley is 10% hotter than at the el-Azizia location.
Also, there are other locations in Death Valley which are even hotter than Furnace Creek Ranch. For instance, the summer temperature at Badwater averages 4 degrees warmer than at FCR.
Incidentally, in June, 1994, a park ranger measured 131 degrees at Badwater with a sling psychrometer.