The Hottest Day on Earth, 1. Years Ago. In July 1. Death Valley was in the grips of an extreme heat wave, with temperatures of 1. On July 1. 0, the area entered the history books when the mercury climbed to a blistering 1. Fahrenheit (5. 7 degrees Celsius) at Furnace Creek, California, breaking the record for the highest temperature ever recorded. As a sweltering summer continues, with near- record temperatures across much of the nation, here’s a look back at the hottest day on Earth. Situated between a series of high, steep mountain ranges in California’s Mojave Desert, Death Valley’s extremely low elevation (2. 1913 reviews of The High Line 'I love how amidst the city. It seems like a long stretch if you walk the entire park but like I said, I think it's worth the walk! Federal Reserve Act, 1913. Newspaper clipping, December 24, 1913. The head of the bipartisan National Monetary Commission was financial expert and Senate. Triple- digit temperatures there are not unusual, with the mercury consistently topping 1. As 1. 91. 3 began, however, the valley was experiencing a rare cold snap, entering the record books on January 8 with its lowest recorded temperature, 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Just six months later, the weather pendulum had swung the other way as temperatures in the area topped first 1. Furnace Creek, California, the ancestral home of the Native American Timbisha tribe and once the center of operations for Death Valley’s lucrative mining industry, often experienced some of the most extreme of the region’s weather, as was the case on July 1. Greenland Ranch (now Furnace Creek Ranch) recorded a peak temperature of 1. The Olmsted Brothers’ 1913 plan for Ypsi’s stretch of the Huron River. Way back in 2007, after learning that my friend Nat Edmunds was. The stretch, then moved up with a rush, but tired and just lasted long enough to win. 1913.eps Created Date: 2/19/2009 1:22:18 PM. Death Valley may be celebrating the centennial of its temperature triumph, but it’s actually only officially held the record for 1. On September 1. 3, 1. Death Valley’s record- breaking day, it seemingly lost its crown to a new entrant in the sweltering heat sweepstakes when a weather observer in El Aziza, Libya, reported a high of 1. Almost immediately, members of the meteorological community expressed doubts about the reports, but the Libyan “record” stood for 9. The panel, chaired by the World Meteorological Organization, had its work disrupted for more than nine months after one if its lead investigators, a director of the Libyan National Weather Service, disappeared in the chaos of the country’s 2. When both he (and the original 1. WMO panel officially stripped El Aziza of the world record and restored it to Death Valley’s Furnace Creek. Today, Furnace Creek is home to park campgrounds, museums and a popular ranch, much of which is closed to visitors during the hottest parts of the summer. One attraction that remains open, however, is the nearby golf course, which hosts an annual tournament, known as the Heatstroke Open. And while the world’s meteorologists debated the merits of the Libyan claim, Death Valley went on breaking weather records. When the temperature dropped to a relatively cool 1. July 1. 2, 2. 01. Death Valley tied the desert nation of Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula, for the hottest low temperature ever recorded. And in June of this year, Death Valley came within 5 degrees of the 1. Furnace Creek, Death Valley may hold the North American and world record, but Libya’s far from its only challenger for “hottest place on Earth.” Seven years after Death Valley’s record- breaking day, South America experienced its hottest day when the mercury reached 1. Fahrenheit in Villa de Mar. In 1. 93. 1, the south Tunisian town of Kebii saw temperatures reach 1. Fahrenheit, making it the hottest day on the African continent. Ownership of Europe’s hottest day is under debate, with most scientists rejecting Catenanuova, Italy’s 1. Athens, Greece endured in July 1. But if you’re looking to beat the heat entirely, Antarctica is probably your best bet. It hasn’t made it above 5. Fahrenheit since 1. South Pole made history when temperatures reached a balmy 1. Fahrenheit on Christmas Day. STRETCH genealogy and family tree collaboration. Ancestry, descendants and family history for Thomas, Frank, Cecelia, George, William, Richard, Athol, Lexley Hope.
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