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Though the shores of the Dead Sea — at more than 1,300 feet below sea level — have it beat for lowest land elevation in the world, the salt flats on the Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, — 282 feet below sea level — are at the top, or bottom, if you prefer, of the list for the United States. Death Valley does hold the record for hottest recorded temperature in the history of the world. Furnace Creek Ranch reached 134.1 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913. Furnace Creek had the second hottest day ever too, when the temperature peaked at 129.9 degrees Fahrenheit on August 16, 2020. The April day in 2011 when this picture was taken didn’t break any records. But at more than 100 degrees, it was still hot. (Courthouse News photo / Chris Marshall)
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