<P> According to the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) , the highest confirmed air temperature on Earth was 56.7 ° C ( 134.1 ° F ) in Furnace Creek Ranch , California , located in the Death Valley desert in the United States , on July 10 , 1913 . This temperature has been disputed though by weather historians such as Christopher C. Burt from Weather Underground . He stated that he believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is `` a myth '' , and is at least 4 to 5 ° F ( 2.2 to 2.8 ° C ) too high . This same conclusion has also been reached by historians Dr. Arnold Court and William Taylor Reid . Randy Cerveny , a member of the WMO and professor of geography at Arizona State University said in 2012 that : `` We accept that Death Valley temperature extreme record . Obviously if any new materials on it surface , we will be prepared to open an investigation , but at this time all available evidence points to its legitimacy . '' If the 1913 record were to be decertified , the current highest recorded temperature on Earth would be 54.0 ° C ( 129.2 ° F ) , recorded both in Death Valley on June 20 , 2013 , and in Mitribah , Kuwait on July 21 , 2016 . </P>
<P> According to the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) , the highest confirmed air temperature on Earth was 56.7 ° C ( 134.1 ° F ) in Furnace Creek Ranch , California , located in the Death Valley desert in the United States , on July 10 , 1913 . This temperature has been disputed though by weather historians such as Christopher C. Burt from Weather Underground . He stated that he believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is `` a myth '' , and is at least 4 to 5 ° F ( 2.2 to 2.8 ° C ) too high . This same conclusion has also been reached by historians Dr. Arnold Court and William Taylor Reid . Randy Cerveny , a member of the WMO and professor of geography at Arizona State University said in 2012 that : `` We accept that Death Valley temperature extreme record . Obviously if any new materials on it surface , we will be prepared to open an investigation , but at this time all available evidence points to its legitimacy . '' If the 1913 record were to be decertified , the current highest recorded temperature on Earth would be 54.0 ° C ( 129.2 ° F ) , recorded both in Death Valley on June 20 , 2013 , and in Mitribah , Kuwait on July 21 , 2016 . </P>
where is the hottest recorded place on earth
where is the hottest recorded place on earth
Furnace Creek Ranch , California , located in the Death Valley desert in the United States
Furnace Creek Ranch , California , located in the Death Valley desert in the United States