Temperatures in Death Valley soared to a staggering 130 degrees on Sunday – possibly the highest mercury reading on earth since 1913.
If the National Water Service survey is correct, it would also be among the top-three highest temperatures ever measured in Death Valley, as well as the highest temperature ever seen there in the month of August.
The temperature in Death Valley hit 130 degrees at 3:41 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service said in a tweet.
Per climate data in xmACIS2, this is the first time since 1913 that Death Valley has reached 130F. In July 2013, it finally reached 129F. If valid, it would be the warmest August temperature on the side by 3F. @NWSVegas pic.twitter.com/gZNBW4NXI4
– NWS WPC (@NWSWPC) August 16, 2020
Death Valley holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet: 134 degrees in 1913, according to Guinness World Records. That reading, however, is disputed.
Since then, a 2013 degree read was recorded in Death Valley in 2013.
The lecture comes in the afternoon of an epic heat wave that sweeps through most of the southwestern US
Multiple daily warm-up records were set on Saturday. The National Water Service reported a height of 112 in Woodland Hills, breaking the record of 108 sets in 1977, and a height of 92 at UCLA, and breaking the record of 90 sets in 2003. Downtown Los Angeles hit 98 degrees, binding a record set in 1994.
