What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature?
Correct answer: Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California, USA
Montana Lady
rsgf01313, the record used to be said to be in northern Africa... maybe Libya? ...but that was invalidated by Guinness because it had been taken over asphalt and was not the ambient air temperature, so the Death Valley record replaced it.
Studeman
I went to Death Valley a few times for hot weather testing with a group of engineers. The hottest day we experience was 127! I've seen high teens in Vegas a few times but for every degree above 120 discomfort seems exponential.
skipozzzz
what about AUSTRALIA 56C AND MORE
Player #1853334
Been there , in the summer with no AC . Think of burn in hell , & there you are . It's hard to breathe , it's like all the oxcygen has been sucked out of the air .
GrandmaTanya
I live in Florida and it doesn't get quite that hot but with the humidity, it's so uncomfortable and I'm a native Floridian!!
Player #10639782
it's scary to think that there are people who run marathons in death valley.
MadMarcus1812
with a name like death valley its no surprise. lol 😂
Chezikeets
The hottest day I have lived through was 117 in Studio City, California in 2010 . It was so hot it scared me.
Guillermo Jr.
..but it's a DRY heat???
Su Xieli
1913??? Whar about global warming?
Peg
Montana Lady, I heard death valley had the highest temperature when I was 20 years old that was in 1982 and I knew about it before that I was told that is was the hottest place on Earth when I was a kid
brickmartian
I love Death Valley!
In my younger days, I used to go hiking and camping throughout the region, and lived off the land for weeks at a time!
Brutally unforgiving country, but absolutely beautiful and quiet!
Some amazing things to be seen out there!
The Race Track and Salt Bench are amazing!
The cliffs around it have fossils of ancient marine life in them!
It's not uncommon to see life and death in nature play out in the desert also!
Some of the Cacti grow 60 feet or taller, and you can survive, even thrive, by using the cactus and surrounding plant life!
Devansh Dixit
I didn't know about this
Julie
It’s a popular place in the winter!
MagnoliaCowgirl
Studeman, what about the Dallol in the Danikil?
Jackie
Tamara, Greenland ranch has changed its name to Furnace Creek ranch
Jackie
Player #10639782, 😱
Jackie
Player #1853334, it would be worse if it was humid. I lived in Puerto Rico and didn't have an A/C and was miserable. I lived in Gitmo on the desert side of the island and didn't have an A/C and I had no problem! That said I would not make it out west at those temps for 2 reasons it's too blasted hot and because I'm on a couple different meds that would make me too hot and possibly have a heat stroke. I'll stay in Alabama and deal with high 90's during the summer and some times over 100 with heat index the humidity does make it hard to breathe sometimes.
LimaOscarVictorEcho
Kuwait also has high temperatures, the summers here are blistering hot. it has gotten up to 130°F. daily during July and August, the Temps rise to over 100°F and above up to sometimes 120°F.
Tamara
The question says Greenland Ranch but the description says Furnace Creek Ranch. Which is it?
GraceSpace
Studeman, Yep! I experienced 125F when living in Joshua Tree in 2000! AND its DRY High Desert heat, which is easier to enjoy..... I love The Heat and that was even TOO HOT for this Gal so I went to UK for 6 weeks to escape! LOVED Joshua Tree's Uniqueness and WILD Life!
laus
skipozzzz, and where I live in Mozambique, we've had hotter than that
tildaaaaa
it just isn't a thing
ang
hvnfun, I don't understand what CC is all about since the climate has ALWAYS changed. And we still don't know the extent that humans have had. Seems to me not much cuz look at the climate 1000's of years ago when we weren't here..
Frosty
Player #2867640, if it's wrong, its wrong, I'm afraid!
Frosty
GrandmaTanya, I live in the U.K. where our warmest recorded temperature was around 31.1 oC, and that was far too hot for me, especially to work in, lol.
tigertrain
It gets very hot in Australia in the Pilbara region. Marble bar has the record for most consecutive days above 40 degrees but I believe it is a place in South Australia that holds the record for hottest day which was about 57 degrees or so. But anything over 50 degrees is bloody hot no matter which way you look at it.
Player #20165352
skipozzzz, yes can get very hot here.
AndUThoughtIWassmart
its amazing that we know the earth is not a perfect world as it being depicted. it also amazing that science is the gatekeeper to our existing. but we as human beings must change our old habits or we will be living just like those p!aces all over the world.
Bryguy
I've been in the Sahara Desert where it was 145 F.
Player Winnie
just heard this year 2021 has got even hotter in the canyon.
meihana
I feel this record mb broken this year 2021 with the valley already hitting 130F degrees few days ago
Player #14348023
it is al azizia ib libya with 52 degree
Player #43101730
Player Gigi #28446253, 60
Player #37615927
marble bar in Australia is.
Dave. Brisco
Think that temp was broken 2018
Player #13023389
I'm in FL right now and lived here many years ago. Debby
Player Gigi #28446253
sarra, thanks for the extended data . Took some research!
Player Gigi #28446253
Fun guy, and everything else! what was the temp in Libya that was replaced?