hi all
As a kid, I spent summers in Trona, Calif with my grandparents. It’s one valley west of Death Valley in the Mojave desert. 120-F in the summer, but it would snow sometimes in the winter. Death Valley’s elevation is -282. Trona is at +1,800 ft. Trona is next to an ancient dry lake bed, Searles Dry Lake. It is mined for fertilizer and munitions chemicals from the dry salt deposits in the dry lake bed. Originally 100 years ago they used the 20-mule teams to transport the borax and other chemicals. Trona was also famous for it’s freight railroad, the Trona Railway run by the chemical plant there. They had some rare diesel railroad engines, Baldwins. They have a golf course, but it’s all sand. The sand in Searles Lake Valley is so full of salts, not much will grow.
Which place? According to wiki most hottest place on earth is Dallol, Ethopia, are you from there?
Wiki can be wrong because anyone on the internet can change any data there, so I would not trust them as a final authority.
I accept the World Meteorological Organization as the final authority, not Wikipedia. Here is their statement and link (in the 7th paragraph down):
“…the WMO assessment is that the official highest recorded surface temperature of 56.7°C (134°F) was measured on 10 July 1913 at Greenland Ranch (Death Valley), California, USA…” Press Release No. 956 - GENEVA, 13 September 2012
http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_956_en.html
Death Valley’s 134°F (56.7°C) is the world record recorded air temperature, 5 feet off the ground, July 10, 1913. It regularly reaches 129°F(53.8°C) there in the summer. It was 129°F (53.8°C) for several days just a week ago. The ground temperature (sun baked rocks, the hot desert sand, the asphalt road, etc.) can reach near 200°F (93.3°C). People’s rubber sole shoes were getting soft, tacky and melting about a week or two ago, according to media reports. Tourists digital cameras were malfunctioning in the heat.
Hi all.Please name the hottest place.
I agree with you about Wikipedia, and I have found some good information and some misinformation. The largest source of misinformation is emails.
I have also seen a website that mentioned Death valley as the hottest place on earth. Thanks for updating me.