hottest temperature ever recorded in death valley california
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. This point is 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). Death Valley's Furnace Creek holds the record for the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth at 134 ° F (56.7 ° C) on July 10, 1913, as well as the highest recorded natural ground surface temperature on Earth at 201 ° F (93.9 ° C) on July 15, 1972.