![Heat dome blamed for a record-challenging heatwave baking the US desert Southwest this weekend. Death Valley hits 130F = 54.4 °C - the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth Heat dome blamed for a record-challenging heatwave baking the US desert Southwest this weekend. Death Valley hits 130F = 54.4 °C - the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth](https://www.severe-weather.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/heat-dome-record-breaking-heatwave-death-valley-california.jpg)
Heat dome blamed for a record-challenging heatwave baking the US desert Southwest this weekend. Death Valley hits 130F = 54.4 °C - the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth
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Death Valley, California, breaks the all-time world heat record for the second year in a row » Yale Climate Connections
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We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian
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