<ul><li>Temperature in <keyword id="9772994" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-death-valley">the Death Valley</keyword>, located in <keyword id="9772993" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="eastern-california">Eastern California</keyword>, reached 54.4 <keyword id="136546" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="degrees-Celsius">degrees Celsius</keyword>, a record high in the country since 1913, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).</li><li><keyword id="204503" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Death-Valley">Death Valley</keyword> is the lowest and driest place in the US and one of the hottest locations in the world at the height of summer. </li><li>It clocked the highest temperature ever recorded at 56.7 degrees Celsius on July 10, 1913.</li></ul>Temperature in the Death Valley, located in Eastern California, reached 54.4 degrees Celsius, a record high in the country since 1913, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). "Death Valley, California recorded a high temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit at 3.41 p.m. on Sunday. This temperature was measured at <keyword id="1504101" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Furnace-Creek">Furnace Creek</keyword> near the visitors' center using a National Weather Service owned automated observation system," Xinhua news agency quoted the NWS as saying in a statement. "This observed high temperature is considered preliminary and not yet official "If verified, this will be the hottest temperature officially verified since July of 1913, also at Death Valley. "As this is an extreme temperature event, the recorded temperature will need to undergo a formal review," added the agency, noting that a committee will be formed to verify the validity of the reading. Death Valley is the lowest and driest place in the US and one of the hottest locations in the world at the height of summer. It clocked the highest temperature ever recorded at 56.7 degrees Celsius on July 10, 1913. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/latest-job-openings-at-google-microsoft-jp-morgan-goldman-sachs-ericsson-amazon-adobe-zomato-for-software-engineers/slidelist/77585263.cms">Google, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Ericsson and other companies hiring software engineers in India right now</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/the-heat-is-on-mark-zuckerberg-in-india-as-facebook-and-whatsapp-incur-the-ire-of-modis-rivals/articleshow/77575358.cms">The heat is on Mark Zuckerberg in India as Facebook and WhatsApp incur the ire of Modi's rivals</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/the-top-9-movies-on-netflix-this-week-from-aposjurassic-parkapos-to-aposwork-itapos/slidelist/77548389.cms">The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from 'Jurassic Park' to 'Work It'</a>

Death Valley in Eastern California records highest temperature since 1913

<ul><li><keyword id="7779295" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mitribah">Mitribah</keyword>, a remote area of northwest Kuwait, was blistering at 53.9 degree Celsius on 21 July 2016. </li><li>Turbat, a city located in southern Balochistan, Pakistan observed 53.7 degree celsius on on 28 May 2017. </li></ul>Thinking you’re witnessing the hottest summer? Spare some thoughts for Kuwait which was halfway through the boiling point on 21 July 2016. While India is also witnessing its worst summer ever with the temperature in several parts touch 48 degree celsius, The <keyword id="555589" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="World-Meteorological-Organization">World Meteorological Organization</keyword> (WMO) said, Mitribah in Kuwait and Turbat in Pakistan officially witnessed the 3rd and 4th temperature on Earth. Mitribah, a remote area of northwest Kuwait, was blistering at 53.9 degree Celsius on 21 July 2016. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in the eastern hemisphere. Whereas Turbat, a city located in southern Balochistan, Pakistan observed 53.7 degree celsius on on 28 May 2017. 
 
 <div type="ExtQuote" text="The Mitribah, Kuwait temperature is now accepted by the WMO as the highest temperature ever recorded for the continental region of Asia and the two observations are the third (tied within uncertainty limits) and fourth highest WMO-recognized temperature extremes. Significantly, they are the highest, officially-recognized temperatures to have been recorded in the last 76 years" auname="The World Meteorological Organisation"></div>



 Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California recorded the hottest temperature ever recorded at 56.7°C on 10 July 1913, according to WMO The Warmest Year The strong influence of <keyword id="51549" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="El-Nino">El Nino</keyword> — an abnormal weather pattern caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean near the Equator. that can lead to drought at one place and hurricane at the other — has pushed 2016 to be the hottest year on record till date. In fact, all the 20 warmest year history have occurred over the course of last 22 years pointing towards an upward trend in extreme weather conditions.

It’s official: Kuwait and Pakistan recorded the 3rd and 4th hottest temperatures ever

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A 71-year-old man died after a hike in Death Valley, California, during a brutal heatwave.</li><li>He was found collapsed outside of a restroom and was unable to be rescued through CPR. </li></ul>A 71-year-old man died after going for a hike in Death Valley, California, on Tuesday after the area received numerous extreme heat warnings, with temperatures soaring to over 120 degrees Fahrenheit.The elderly Los Angeles man was found collapsed outside of a restroom by other tourists near the Golden Canyon trailhead, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a press release. Sporting a sun hat, hiking clothes, and a backpack, he was believed to have returned from a hike in the area, known for its labyrinth of hills and narrow canyons.Once he was spotted, the NPS and Inyo County Sheriff's Office were called to the scene but were unable to rescue him through CPR, the press release states. As temperatures were well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit, a Mercy Air medical aid helicopter was also unable to respond to provide assistance. At the time of the man's death, official temperatures reached a brutal 121 degrees Fahrenheit. However, the NPS said temperatures were likely even more punishing within the Golden Canyon because of how the rocky walls radiate the heat of the sun.<div type="image" title="Death Valley sign" height="1666" width="2222" msid="101991995" hostid="261" sizebytes="179752"></div>The death, which park rangers believe is connected to the hot weather, came just days after the National Weather Service (NWS) issued <a href="http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">excessive heat warnings</a> about a heatwave that continues to hold its grip across parts of the West Coast.On July 15, the NWS referred to it as <a href="https://twitter.com/NWS/status/1679989669881327618?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a "sweltering and dangerous heat"</a> and urged citizens to "practice heat safely," such as staying hydrated and avoiding strenuous outdoor activity.The heat in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/life-in-death-valley-one-of-hottest-places-on-earth-2020-8">Death Valley</a>, long considered <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/californias-death-valley-could-topple-hottest-ever-day-recorded-weekend-2023-7">the hottest place on Earth</a>, has been particularly punishing. While temperatures have yet to exceed the hottest on record — set in 1913 when heat levels soared to 134 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 56.6 degrees Celsius — they've come pretty close in recent days, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/death-valley-record-earth-temperature-california-extreme-weather" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">The Guardian reported</a>.The NWS said heat levels reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 53.33 degrees Celsius, on Sunday at Furnace Creek, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-valley-heat-wave-california-hottest-record-c1b2d83dc384e46f133d460893787c52" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">the Associated Press reported</a>.But the fascination with Death Valley's sweat-inducing temperatures has continued to attract tourists and local hikers.<div type="image" title="A bus filled with visitors from Poland stopped at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Death Valley, CA." height="3365" width="4487" msid="101991996" hostid="261" sizebytes="1826046"></div>Photographs taken over the past week show <a href="https://www.insider.com/tourists-visit-death-valley-during-dangerous-heatwave-2023-7">tourists flocking to Death Valley in droves</a>, with some going explicitly to experience that extreme weather for themselves.One tourist told <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news/video/7256805048934485274?_t=8e7XoC0rKKR&amp;_r=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Channel 4 News</a> that she was visiting Death Valley for the first time because she thought it would be "a cool thing" to be there for what could be the "hottest day on Earth."The NPS press release also said that this may very well be the second heat-related death to occur in Death Valley this summer.On July 3, a 65-year-old man from San Diego <a href="https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/fatality-7-3-2023.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was found dead in his car</a> in what appeared to be another fatality connected to the extreme heat. As of Thursday, the NPS is still issuing an <a href="https://www.nps.gov/deva/contacts.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Extreme Summer Heat" alert</a>, warning tourists to "travel prepared to survive" as temperatures are expected to climb between 110 degrees Fahrenheit to 120+ degrees Fahrenheit.

An elderly man collapsed and died after a hike in Death Valley, California, as temperatures exceeded a brutal 120 degrees Fahrenheit

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="204503" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Death-Valley">Death Valley</keyword>, California, recorded the world's highest temperature since 2017 when it reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday.</li><li>It was recorded at the aptly named Furnace Creek, Death Valley's official <keyword id="6359992" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="weather">weather</keyword> station.</li><li>The <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> comes amid a <keyword id="6371478" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="heatwave">heatwave</keyword> baking the southern United States. The high temperatures are expected to move north and east later in the week.</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/27/meteorologists-say-2020-on-course-to-be-hottest-year-since-records-began">Meteorologists have warned</a> that 2020 could become one of the hottest years on record.</li></ul>The official weather station in Death Valley, California, recorded a temperature of 128 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, the highest recorded temperature on Earth since 2017.A temperature of 128.7 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded in Turbat, Pakistan, in May 2017, according to the <a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-verifies-3rd-and-4th-hottest-temperature-recorded-earth">World Meteorological Organization</a>.<a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-recorded-temperature/">According to Guinness World Records</a>, Death Valley holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth, a blistering 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913. However, this number has been disputed as some meteorologists question old temperature records, according to the WMO.The heat was so extreme in Death Valley on Sunday that cars were breaking down. Death Valley National Park officials said on Facebook that rangers were able to respond to "at least three vehicles," but that "no major incidents were reported." Officials noted that the Furnace Creek Visitor Center thermometer shows "temperatures a degree or two hotter than the official temperatures."<iframe width="552" height="710" frameborder="0" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDeathValleyNPS%2Fposts%2F3452812934742964&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=817&amp;appIdht=817&amp;appId"></iframe>The southern United States has been experiencing a heat wave that has seen a number of <keyword id="3175510" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="record-breaking-temperatures">record-breaking temperatures</keyword>. Texas reported temperatures of 110 degrees Fahrenheit, an all-time high for the month of July, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/heat-wave-gulf-coast-southern-plains-hot-weather-severe-thunderstorms-northern-plains-midwest">according to Fox News.</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/27/meteorologists-say-2020-on-course-to-be-hottest-year-since-records-began">Earlier this year, meteorologists said</a> 2020 could become one of the hottest years on record. So far, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/warmest-year-on-record-2020-likely/">NASA ranks it</a> just behind 2016, which experienced a strong El Niño through the first half of the year, warming colder winter and spring temperatures.Last month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/arctic-hottest-temperature-record-climage-change-2020-6">Insider reported</a> that the Arctic hit its hottest temperature ever, recording just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The number was 32 degrees higher than normal Arctic temperatures. Climate scientist Martin Stendel said on social media that such record-breaking temperatures would be a "1 in 100,000" year event if not for climate change.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Martin Stendel (@MartinStendel) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270382142049091584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2020</a></blockquote>Climate data dating back to 1880 shows the hottest years on record have all occurred in the past five years, <a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature">according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). </a>The effects of climate change go beyond record-breaking temperatures. Climate change will lead to "extreme weather events, shifting wildlife populations and habitats, rising seas, and a range of other impacts," <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/global-warming-effects/">according to National Geographic.</a><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/arctic-hottest-temperature-record-climage-change-2020-6">The Arctic hit its hottest temperature on record, more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/hottest-days-temperatures-in-history-across-the-50-states-2019-9">The hottest days in history and record temperatures in each US state</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ocean-temperature-2019-hottest-year-ever-2020-1">We've put the heat equivalent of 3.6 billion Hiroshima bomb explosions into the oceans. The water was hotter last year than ever in recorded history.</a></li></ul>

California's Death Valley hit a scorching 128 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest temperature recorded on Earth in 3 years

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Heat waves and wildfires could <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/greece-tourism-industry-feeling-effects-punishing-summer-2023-7">upend tourism</a> to popular summer vacation spots around the globe.</li><li>Meanwhile, "extreme heat tourists" are flocking to Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth. </li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/summer-2023-heat-wave-tracker-temperature-records-2023-5">Heat waves</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/maui-locals-slam-tourists-vacationing-on-island-after-wildfires-2023-8">wildfires</a> threaten<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/greece-tourism-industry-feeling-effects-punishing-summer-2023-7"> to upend tourism</a> to popular vacation spots around the globe. But for many tourists traveling to Death Valley, a desert region in California known as the hottest place on Earth, triple-digit temperatures are just another thing to cross off their bucket lists.When relentless heatwaves blanketed the Southwest in July (reported to be Earth's <a target="_blank" href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/july-2023-confirmed-hottest-month-record">hottest month</a> on record), tourists flocked to Furnace Creek, an unincorporated community in Death Valley, to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/tourists-visit-death-valley-during-dangerous-heatwave-2023-7">snap photos</a> in front of a digital thermometer displayed at the town's visitor center."They're extreme heat tourists," Fred Conboy, the president of the Board of Directors for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amargosaoperahouse.org/">Amargosa Opera House</a>, a historic hotel in Death Valley Junction, told Insider. "For them, it's a badge of honor almost, to have their picture taken next to that thermometer."In recent summers, Furnace Creek has recorded temperatures hot enough to cook a medium-rare steak. In July 2021 and August 2020, the town reached <a target="_blank" href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/wmo-monitoring-potential-new-temperature-records">130 degrees,</a> just four points shy of the world record set back in 1913."They try hard to predict what time of the day it's going to reach 130," Conboy said. "If it's only 128 or 129, sometimes they're disappointed."Most people wouldn't dare step foot outside in that kind of heat. But it hasn't deterred travelers like William Cadwallader, a Las Vegas resident who told the <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/death-valley-heat-wave-california-hottest-record-c1b2d83dc384e46f133d460893787c52">Associated Press</a> in July that he visits Death Valley in the summer for the bragging rights of being to the hottest place on Earth."I just want to go to a place, sort of like Mount Everest, to say, you know, you did it," he told the outlet.<h2>Some tourists are unprepared for the desert's extreme heat</h2><div type="image" title="Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction" height="2448" width="3264" msid="102842420" hostid="261" sizebytes="450472"></div>Amargosa Opera House, one of the more affordable hotels near Death Valley National Park, offers spartan accommodations without televisions or phones. During the summer, it typically has 10 to 12 out of its 15 rooms booked at a time, Conboy told Insider.After the hotel <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-working-death-valley-hottest-place-on-earth-2021-8">nearly shut down for good</a> during the pandemic, the steady stream of tourists is a welcome, if perplexing, sight for Conboy and the staff. But chasing record temperatures, or "climate change gawking," as <a target="_blank" href="https://fortune.com/2023/07/17/climate-change-tourism-death-valley-128-degrees-extreme-heat/">Fortune Magazine</a> described it, is a dangerous game to play — and many tourists underestimate the risks.When visitors arrive, the first thing they do is ask where they can buy water, Conboy said. The closest store is miles away, so the hotel keeps a five-gallon water jug in the lobby that's quickly drained."So few people are well prepared when they come out to the desert," he said. "It's 115 or 120 degrees, and they don't have water."<div type="image" title="An extreme heat danger sign at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, on Monday, July 17, 2023, in Death Valley, CA." height="4480" width="6720" msid="102842423" hostid="261" sizebytes="1242532"></div>Two tourists have died in Death Valley this summer, according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/newsreleases.htm">National Park Service</a> — both on days when temperatures reached above 120 degrees. To avoid the hottest times of the day, rangers <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/heat-illness.htm">recommend</a> planning any activities before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m.The triple-digit heat is made even more dangerous by how rural Death Valley is. There's only a handful of places to get food and a total of three gas stations nearby. Much of the national park doesn't have reliable cell service and is hours away from the nearest hospital.In the words of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/safety.htm">National Park Service</a>: visitors must "travel prepared to survive.""You've got to take care of yourself if you're going to be out in the heat," Conboy said. "Otherwise, your brain is going to shut down."

A Death Valley hotel almost shut down — but an influx of 'extreme heat tourists' have helped it survive

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Temperatures have soared to record highs in many parts of the world, including much of the US.</li><li>People are flocking to the hottest spot of them all in Death Valley, where temps are exceeding 130.</li></ul>People will go to some wild lengths for a selfie.Many of you have probably noticed it is a little warmer than usual outside. Over 106 million people in the US have been living under heat alerts this week, according to MSNBC, and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/07/18/world/heat-wave-us-europe-weather?action=click&amp;pgtype=Article&amp;module=&amp;state=default&amp;region=footer&amp;context=breakout_link_back_to_briefing#heres-what-to-know-about-the-heat-around-the-world">Phoenix just set a record</a> with 19 consecutive days over 110 degrees. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/europe/europe-heat-wave-tourists-travel.html">dangerous heat waves in Europe are also causing chaos</a>. But the hottest spot of them all is Death Valley National Park, the famously scorching location on the border of California and Nevada. Temperatures in the Valley are nearing 130 degrees this week and have flirted with passing the record for hottest-ever recorded temperature — 134 degrees — which was set at California's Furnace Creek in July 1913. Temps in the Valley even recently<a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2382959-death-valley-may-have-just-had-the-hottest-recorded-midnight-ever/"> hit 120 in the middle of the night,</a> which may have been the record for the hottest midnight temperature ever recorded. But the record-setting sizzle isn't deterring tourists. In fact, people are flocking to the desert to see what it feels like and for photo ops with a local landmark: a giant thermometer.<div type="image" title="Death Valley Tourist" height="1667" width="2500" msid="101966093" hostid="261" sizebytes="318974"></div>At one point earlier this week, a Weather Channel report showed brave souls hiking through the desert to stand next to the thermometer's 133-degree reading. According to one park ranger <a href="https://weather.com/travel/video/tourists-brave-death-valley-heat-for-photos-feeling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who spoke with The Weather Channel</a>, the tourists "want to feel what it feels like to live in such an extreme place.<div type="image" title="Tourists in Death Valley" height="1700" width="2550" msid="101966094" hostid="261" sizebytes="60046"></div>The thermometer may be inflating things a tad, the park service explained that it reads a few degrees higher than the actual temperature due to the metal frame. So even though the display has gone over 130 degrees several days this week, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/death-valley-record-earth-temperature-california-extreme-weather">the highest official temperature was 128 degrees on Sunday</a>, according to the National Weather Service.Still, the temperatures are no joke. Earlier this month, a 65-year-old man was found dead in his car in Death Valley. The car had two flat tires, and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/us/death-valley-national-park-heat-death-california/index.html">it is believed the man died of extreme heat</a>. According to the National Park Service, the air conditioning in the car was not working, and <a href="https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/fatality-7-3-2023.htm">a heat-related illness may have caused the man to veer off the road</a>.<div type="image" title="Death Valley sign" height="1667" width="2500" msid="101966095" hostid="261" sizebytes="203888"></div><a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/heat-illness.htm">The National Park Service warns people on their website</a> to "travel prepared to survive," and explains the health risks."Heat-related illnesses are caused by your body's inability to cool down properly. The body normally cools itself by sweating, but sometimes sweating just isn't enough. When this happens, the body's temperature rises which can lead to brain damage or injure vital organs. Heat-related illnesses range from treatable symptoms, like heat rash and sunburns, to heat stroke which can lead to death if not treated quickly."That does not sound like fun.

The weather is so chaotic that tourists are risking their lives to take selfies with a giant thermometer in Death Valley

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Temperatures in <keyword id="204503" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Death-Valley">Death Valley</keyword> hit 130 degrees on Sunday — the hottest recorded temperature since 1931 if confirmed. </li><li>The heat is part of a larger wave sweeping the western US.</li><li>Death Valley is one of the hottest places on Earth, and the hottest region in the US.</li></ul>Temperatures in Death Valley, California reached a scorching 130 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday afternoon — the hottest recorded in the US since 1913, according to <a href="https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSVEF&amp;e=2020081701280128">the National Weather Service</a>.The heat is part of a major wave that hit California and other parts of the western US this week. Cities like Oakland saw 100-degree temperatures, and <a href="https://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=12ee1b9ea4f5ebbc&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US&amp;source=wweatherrce=wweather">parts of Los Angeles</a> are expected to stay at or above 100 for the next week. Sunday's 130-degree reading in Death Valley <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meteorologists-seek-to-confirm-130-degree-death-valley-temp-2020-8">isn't official yet</a>, though. A committee — the US National Climate Extremes Committee often does this work — still has to confirm the temperature by examining the measure in further detail and assessing the quality of the sensor. The process could take months, but it's likely the reading will hold up to scrutiny."Everything I've seen so far indicates that is a legitimate observation," Randy Cerveny, head of the World Meteorological Organization's <keyword id="6359992" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="weather">weather</keyword> and climate extremes team, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/16/death-valley-heat-record/">told The Washington Post</a>. "I am recommending that the World Meteorological Organization preliminary accept the observation."Death Valley is the hottest and driest region in the US, and one of the hottest places on Earth. It holds the record for the hottest month ever recorded in the world, July 2018, when its average temperature exceeded 108 degrees. It also currently holds the record for the highest temperature <a href="https://www.perspectaweather.com/blog/2015/07/09/1245-pm-tomorrow-marks-the-102nd-anniversary-of-the-hottest-temperature-ever-recorded-in-death-valley-california-and-there-is-an-interesting-twist-to-the-record">ever measured on Earth</a>, when thermometers in Death Valley's Furnace Creek hit 134 degrees in on July 10, 1913. Since then, the world's <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/16/death-valley-heat-record/">only confirmed temperature</a> higher than 130 degrees was in Tunisia, which saw a 131-degree record on July 7, 1931. Scientists aren't certain whether Death Valley ever really hit 134, though: Weather historian Christopher Burt questioned the reading in a 2016 <a href="https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/an-investigation-of-death-valleys-134f-world-temperature-record.html">analysis</a>, concluding that it was "essentially not possible from a meteorological perspective." That's because based on data from other stations, 134 degrees would be too far from average temperatures in the region that summer.Weather experts have also questioned the Tunisia record, since many believe the thermometers used to measure that temperature <a href="https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Africas-Hottest-Reliably-Measured-Temperature-Record-1243F-Thursday-Algeria">wouldn't be considered accurate today.</a>Beyond those two, the hottest temperature experts have reliably confirmed was 129.5 degrees in Death Valley in 2013. Other countries, including Iraq, Kuwait and Pakistan, have also recorded temperatures of 129 degrees. <keyword id="6361617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="climate-change">Climate change</keyword> increases the likelihood of extreme heat events; the 10 warmest years on record overall have all occurred since 1998, <a href="https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/projected-ranks#:~:text=Global%20temperature%20data%20document%20a,)%2C%20and%201998%2C%20respectively.">according to NOAA</a>. <keyword id="55544" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="heat-wave">Heat wave</keyword>s are the deadliest of all weather events, killing more people than hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. In July 2010, for instance, a heat wave in Russia killed 56,000 people. Researchers <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/108/44/17905">later concluded</a> that there was an 80% chance that wave wouldn't have happened without climate change. After a heat wave in Europe that killed 70,000 people in 2003, <a href="https://www.climatesignals.org/events/european-heat-wave-2003">researchers calculated</a> that climate change made such a heat wave four times more likely.

Temperatures in Death Valley hit 130 degrees on Sunday — the hottest in the US in over 100 years

<div class="image-container full click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51f9403b6bb3f78305000001-960/carlos-sa-badwater-running.jpg"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51f9403b6bb3f78305000001-1200-800/carlos-sa-badwater-running.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="carlos sa badwater running" width="800" /></a>REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson</div></div>The Badwater Ultramarathon follows a 135-mile route through California, from the bottom of Death Valley to the Sierra Nevadas.
Runners start on Badwater Road — a two-lane road tucked into eastern edge of the valley — and head north.
They run along the bed of the valley for 40 miles before curling west, where they face three mountain ascents and a 95-mile, 18-hour trip to Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
Carlos Sá began his race at 10 a.m. on the morning of July 15.
In the hottest place on Earth, a heat wave struck. During the six hours it took him to reach the last checkpoint in the deep basin of Death Valley (named, perfectly, "Furnace Creek"), temperatures reached 109 degrees and the strongest desert wind gusts blew at 32 miles per hour.
<div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51f9406decad041a6c000009-960/carlos-sa-death-valley-ultramarathon.jpg"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51f9406decad041a6c000009-1200-800/carlos-sa-death-valley-ultramarathon.jpg" border="0" alt="carlos sa death valley ultramarathon" width="480" /></a>REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson</div></div>Mile 31 — in the thick of the heat and wind of the valley, but still early in the race — was the hardest of them all, Sá says.
He has preferences when it comes to distance <keyword id="32311" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="running">running</keyword>. Although he once ran an ultramarathon through the Sahara, extreme temperatures don't do much for him. 
He says he likes mountain running the most.
"The distances and the mountain, the unevenness of the ground, or the boldness of always going further is what appeals to me in these distances," he says.
In the end, it took him 24 hours and 38 minutes to reach the finish line, fast enough to win the race by a full 15 minutes.
Here's the route:
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Google Maps" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51f93f176bb3f7ad7d00000e-960/badwater-ultramarathon-2013-map.jpg"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51f93f176bb3f7ad7d00000e-1200-600/badwater-ultramarathon-2013-map.jpg" border="0" alt="badwater ultramarathon 2013 map" width="800" /></a><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=108172678482097318116.00048af940fafbcf68e32">Google Maps</a></div></div>
Running 135 miles non-stop through desert and mountains in under 25 hours is an unfathomable feat. You can understand what it's like to run two miles, five miles, ten miles, maybe even 24 miles. But 30 miles? 88 miles? 105 miles, with 30 miles to go?
There is no unifying theory of what makes people become ultramarathoners. The reasons are individual.
Sá, remarkably, started running for the same reason millions of people start running — to get in shape.
Seven years ago, at age 32, Sá weighed 211 pounds and admits he smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. He used to worked in the textile industry before the factories of northern Portugal closed, and then spent some time as a window washer.
That year he decided to, in his words, turn his life around. He always ran as a kid, so he picked it back up as an adult.
"I started running again to feel better, physically, and also to find a new path in my life, a healthier one," he said. "But I got so passionate that I decided then to start testing my limits, and that is my goal, to see how far can I go with quality."
Here is a picture of him then:
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Courtesy of Carlos Sa" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51f940d2ecad04db6700001b-960/carlos-sa-son.jpg"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51f940d2ecad04db6700001b-1186-786/carlos-sa-son.jpg" border="0" alt="carlos sa son" width="800" /></a>Courtesy of Carlos Sa</div></div>
And here he is now, 66 pounds lighter and a world-class athlete:
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="David McNew/Getty Images" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51f94122ecad04c667000014-960/carlos-sa-badwater-gold-medal.jpg"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51f94122ecad04c667000014-1200-1800/carlos-sa-badwater-gold-medal.jpg" border="0" alt="carlos sa badwater gold medal" width="800" /></a>David McNew/Getty Images</div></div>
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="David McNew/Getty Images" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51f943bbecad04fe72000000-960/carlos-sa-wins-ultramarathon.jpg"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51f943bbecad04fe72000000-1200-800/carlos-sa-wins-ultramarathon.jpg" border="0" alt="carlos sa wins ultramarathon" width="800" /></a>David McNew/Getty Images</div></div>
Today Sá is 39-years old and lives in Bacerlos, Portugal with his wife and two young children. He is a professional ultramarathon runner with a handful of sponsorships, most notably Berg Outdoor.
Everyone starts running to change themselves, to lose a few pounds or to have a more active lifestyle or because they were inspired by a magazine. The choice to start running is the choice to change, at least in some small way.
Sá took that to the extreme. He made the choice to see how much he could run, and changed the trajectory of his life in the process.
He has never run a road marathon, and doesn't plan to. He is only interested in distances and mountains, in seeing exactly how far he can go.
"I see all races through me," he says, "as something I do to challenge myself and go even further."
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Courtesy of Carlos Sa" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51f94144eab8ea6e10000006-960/carlos-sa-badwater.jpg"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51f94144eab8ea6e10000006-960-720/carlos-sa-badwater.jpg" border="0" alt="carlos sa badwater" width="800" /></a>Courtesy of Carlos Sa</div></div>

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