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 >   name        william
 >   status      student
 >   age         18

 >   Question -  what is the highest temperature, the hottest day, ever
 > recorded on earth.?



>William,
>
>The highest temperature that I know of is 134 degrees F
>at Greenland Ranch, CA in July 1913. The highest
>temperature at Death Valley, CA (often thought of as the
>hottest place on Earth) was only 127 degrees in August
>1993.
>
>Deserts typically record the highest temperatures. There
>may have been higher temperatures recorded elsewhere in
>the world that I am not aware of.
>
>You can see climate extremes for the United States at
>www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/severeweather/temperatures.html
>
>David Cook
>meteorologist at Argonne Nat. Lab.

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