Highest Temp. In Over 100 Years: ‘Death Valley’ In California Soar 54.4 Degree Celsius

California: In over last 100 years, ‘Death Valley’ in California records highest global temperature. The Death Valley in US soared to 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 Celsius), the highest global temperature in more than a century.

A new global record was set in California’s Death Valley on Sunday when the temperature soared to 130F, the highest ever recorded anywhere on Earth in at least a century https://t.co/1vBb8tysiG pic.twitter.com/3NCy52sAWk

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2020

“If verified, this will be the hottest temperature officially verified since July of 1913,” NWS Las Vegas, which owns the automated observation system, said of the reading on Sunday afternoon, emphasizing that it was preliminary.

Thermometer in Death Valley, California shows highest global temperature in over 100 years https://t.co/JyP6bab3mc pic.twitter.com/I2urczFlwa

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 17, 2020

Death Valley’s all-time record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization, is 134°F (56.7°C) taken on July 10, 1913 at Greenland Ranch. That reading still stands as the hottest ever recorded on the planet’s surface, according to the WMO. It will need to undergo a formal review before the record is confirmed because of its significance, it said on its Twitter feed, linking to an NWS statement.