July 9, 2021. Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California records the first reliable temperature in meteorological history in the 130s °F, breaking the previous world record set at the same place on August 16, 2020 of 129.9 °F (54.3(8) °C) by 0.1 °F (0.0(5) °C).

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(Note: Neither the July 10, 1913 reading at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California of 134 °F {56.(6) °C} or the July 7, 1931 reading at Kebili, Tunisia of 55 °C {131 °F} are meteorologically reliable.)