The temperature in Death Valley in the United States is as high as 54.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in the world
What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth - 130F (54.4C) - may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California.,What is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth? Most likely 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) - the temperature reached in California's Death Valley National Park. ,The recording is being verified by the US National Weather Service.,The US National Weather Service is confirming this temperature. ,It es amid a heaave on the US's west coast, where temperatures are forecast to rise further this week. The scorching conditions have led to o days of blackouts in California, after a power plant malfunctioned on Saturday. ,"It's an oppressive heat and it's in your face," Brandi Stewart, who works at Death Valley National Park said.,Ms Stewart, who works at Death Valley National Park said. Ms. Stewart has lived and worked at the national park on and off for five years. She spends a lot of her time indoors in August because it's simply too unfortable to be outside. She stayed indoors most of August because it was too uncomfortable to be outside. ,"When you walk outside it's like being hit in the face with a bunch of hairdryers," she said. "You feel the heat and it's like walking into an oven and the heat is just all around you.",she said. Walking outside, it feels like a bunch of hair dryers are blowing in your face. It's as hot as walking into an oven, and there's only heat around you." What were the previous records? ,Sunday's reading was recorded in Furnace Creek in Death Valley.,Sunday's reading was recorded in Furnace Creek in Death Valley. ,Before this, the highest temperature reliably recorded on Earth was 129.2F (54C) - also in Death Valley in 2013. Death Valley. ,A higher reading of 134F, or 56.6C a century earlier, also in Death Valley, is disputed. It is believed by some modern weather experts to have been erroneous, along with several other searing temperatures recorded that summer. The Valley has also recorded a higher temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.6 degrees Celsius), but this record is disputed.
Some modern weather experts consider this record and several other high temperature records that summer to be false. ,According to a 2016 *** ysis from weather historian Christopher Burt, other temperatures in the region recorded in 1913 do not corroborate the Death Valley reading. Other temperatures did not confirm the Death Valley reading. ,Another record temperature for the pla - 131F, or 55C - was recorded in Tunisia in 1931, but Mr Burt said this reading, as well as others recorded in Africa during the colonial era, had "serious credibility issues".,1931 in A record Earth temperature of 131 degrees Fahrenheit (55 degrees Celsius) was recorded in Tunisia, but Mr Burt said that reading and other high temperature records in colonial Africa were "very implausible".