National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Recently, a scientific committee recognized a new world record maximum temperature: 56.7C, or 134F, at Greenland Rance (Furnace Creek), Death Valley, CA, U.S., on July 10, 1913.  The committee disqualified the previous world record.

A detailed report can be found here.

Other record weather extremes are found at the same link.

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