Death Valley Meter Recorded 137 Degrees F and This Could Be the Hottest Temperature on Earth

The extreme summer heat alert is currently in place on Death Valley National Park as heat meters hit 137 degrees. It is arguably to be the hottest temperature on Earth, surpassing ever that recorded may have been reached on Sunday, Aug. 16.

A Death Valley park ranger Caroline Rohe posted on Instagram a photo of the stratospheric reading showing 137 ͦF on the thermometer at the visitor center. "Could be a world record temperature!" Rohe wrote, adding that the visitor center thermometer runs about three to four degrees warmer. "We hit 130 degrees today at Death Valley," she added.

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Written by CJ Robles