After a couple of very hot, dry seasons, and some heat waves predicted for the remainder of this year, some of you have been pleading for relief from the heat of summer.
As hot as some of those temperatures have been, though, they’ve got nothing on the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth: 134° F at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913.
The next hottest temperature – 128° F – has been recorded in Kuwait, Pakistan, and the U.S. state of Arizona.
Canada’s hottest temperature was more than 20 degrees colder than the Earth’s hottest: 113° F (45° C) recorded at Midale, Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan on July 5, 1937.
Want to know what the record high temperature is for your state? Find out below!
| State | Temp. | Date | Station |
| Alabama | 112° F | September 5, 1925 | Centerville |
| Alaska | 100° F | June 27, 1915 | Fort Yukon |
| Arizona | 128° F | June 29, 1994 | Lake Havasu City |
| Arkansas | 120° F | August 10, 1936 | Ozark |
| California | 134° F | July 10, 1913 | Death Valley |
| Colorado | 114° F | June 26, 2012 | Las Animas |
| Connecticut | 106° F | July 15, 1995 | Danbury |
| Delaware | 110° F | July 21, 1930 | Millsboro |
| Florida | 109° F | June 29, 1931 | Monticello |
| Georgia | 112° F | August 20, 1983 | Greenville |
| Hawaii | 98° F | July 14, 1957 | Puʻunene |
| Idaho | 118° F | July 28, 1934 | Orofino |
| Illinois | 117° F | July 14, 1954 | East Saint Louis |
| Indiana | 116° F | July 14, 1936 | Collegeville |
| Iowa | 118° F | July 20, 1934 | Keokuk |
| Kansas | 121° F | July 24, 1936 | Alton |
| Kentucky | 114° F | July 28, 1930 | Greensburg |
| Louisiana | 114° F | August 10, 1936 | Plain Dealing |
| Maine | 105° F | July 10, 1911 | North Bridgton |
| Maryland | 109° F | July 10, 1936 | Cumberland, Frederick |
| Massachusetts | 107° F | August 2, 1975 | New Bedford, Chester |
| Michigan | 112° F | July 13, 1936 | Mio |
| Minnesota | 115° F | July 29, 1917 | Beardsley |
| Mississippi | 115° F | July 29, 1930 | Holly Springs |
| Missouri | 118° F | July 14, 1954 | Warsaw, Union |
| Montana | 117° F | July 5, 1937 | Medicine Lake |
| Nebraska | 118° F | July 24, 1936 | Minden |
| Nevada | 125° F | June 29, 1994 | Laughlin |
| New Hampshire | 106° F | July 4, 1911 | Nashua |
| New Jersey | 110° F | July 10, 1936 | Runyon |
| New Mexico | 122° F | June 27, 1994 | Lakewood |
| New York | 108° F | July 8, 2010 | Mineola |
| North Carolina | 110° F | August 21, 1983 | Fayetteville |
| North Dakota | 121° F | July 6, 1936 | Steele |
| Ohio | 113° F | July 21, 1934 | Gallipolis |
| Oklahoma | 120° F | June 27, 1994 | Tipton |
| Oregon | 117° F | August 4, 1998 | Pelton Dam |
| Pennsylvania | 111° F | July 10, 1936 | Phoenixville |
| Rhode Island | 104° F | August 2, 1975 | Providence |
| South Carolina | 113° F | June 30, 2012 | Johnston |
| South Dakota | 120° F | July 15, 2006 | Usta |
| Tennessee | 113° F | August 9, 1930 | Perryville |
| Texas | 120° F | June 28, 1994 | Monahans |
| Utah | 117° F | July 5, 1985 | Saint George |
| Vermont | 105° F | July 4, 1911 | Vernon |
| Virginia | 110° F | July 15, 1954 | Balcony Falls |
| Washington | 118° F | August 5, 1961 | Ice Harbor Dam |
| West Virginia | 112° F | July 10, 1936 | Martinsburg |
| Wisconsin | 114° F | July 13, 1936 | Wisconsin Dells |
| Wyoming | 114° F | July 12, 1900 | Basin |
Information Courtesy the National Climatic Data Center.
Caleb Weatherbee is the official forecaster for the Farmers' Almanac. His name is actually a pseudonym that has been passed down through generations of Almanac prognosticators and has been used to conceal the true identity of the men and women behind our predictions.
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5 comments
I was wondering the same thing as Jack was.
why do the weather people have to conceal their true identities?
Imagine — the only state that has never had a 100 degree day is Hawaii!
I thought I remembered reading that there was a 136 degree reading in Libya.
Looks like 1936 was a toasty year, I wonder if thermometers were accurate back then.
Why do your weather people have to conceal their true Identities
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