Come summer, the mercury in thermometers rises in the United States. Typically, record temperatures are set between July and August, but some heat waves have produced record readings above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in June and September.
Every state in the country has seen triple-digit temperatures at one point or another. In general, however, the hottest temperatures on record in the United States are in the Southwest. A place located in the Valley of Death (Death Valley, in English), California, has dominated the list of the highest temperatures recorded in the American Union and the world.
The hottest temperature ever recorded was in the United States
The official world record for the highest temperature is currently 134 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in Death Valley on July 10, 1913. Prior to 2013, the record was held by Al Azizia, Libya, with a reading of 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit in 1923. However, the World Meteorological Organization decertified that record after a committee met and investigated the matter.
One of the team, Christopher Burt, said the 1913 Death Valley record should also be annulled. “The old Death Valley record from July 1913 is 100% false (not just 99.9%),” he noted.
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Yet the record for the hottest temperature ever measured still resides on California’s nearly inhospitable stretch of land. Seven of Earth’s top ten list of highest reliably measured temperatures were taken at Furnace Creek in Death Valley.
Most records were set in the 1930s
Many of the all-time highs set in the United States date back to the 1930s, when the Plains scorched under extreme temperatures and prolonged drought. Combined with the deterioration of the soil from extensive and destructive agriculture, the plants withered and the area became what would become known as the Dust Bowl.
However, climate change produced regular events of extreme heat in 2021. Temperatures in Oregon and Washington were at or near 120 degrees. The next ten years are likely to be even warmer than the last, according to the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
These are the record temperatures in each state, according to the State Committee on Climate Extremes from NOAA.
EstadoRécord de temperaturaAñoAlabama112°F1925Alaska100°F1915Arizona128°F1994Arkansas120°F1936California134°F1913Colorado115°F2019Connecticut106°F1995, 1916Delaware110°F1930Florida109°F1931Georgia112°F1983, 1952Hawaii100°F1931Idaho118°F1934Illinois117°F1954Indiana116°F1936Iowa121°F1936Kansas121°F1936Kentucky114°F1930Louisiana114°F1936Maine105°F1911Maryland109°F1936, 1918, 1898Massachusetts107°F1975Michigan112°F1936Minnesota115°F1917Mississippi115°F1930Missouri118°F1954Montana117°F1937, 1893Nebraska118°F1936, 1934Nevada125°F1994New Hampshire106°F1911New Jersey110°F1936New Mexico122°F1994New York108°F1926North Carolina110°F1983North Dakota121°F1936Ohio113°F1934Oklahoma120°F1936Oregon119°F2021, 1898Pennsylvania111°F1936Rhode Island104°F1975South Carolina113°F2012South Dakota120°F2006, 1936Tennessee113°F1930Texas120°F1994, 1936Utah117°F2021, 1985Vermont107°F1912Virginia110°F1954, 1900Washington120°F2021West Virginia112°F1936, 1930Wisconsin114°F1936Wyoming115°F1988, 1983
2023-07-20 07:00:00
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