World's Hottest Place Records Its Hottest Month

news image
Top Stories
31 Jul 2018 2:28 PM
The world's hottest place recorded its hottest month ever recorded. Death Valley, California, perhaps best known for owning the world's hottest reliably-recorded temperature, will set its hottest monthly temperature record once final numbers are calculated this week. Through Tuesday, Death Valley had an average monthly temperature of 108.0°, more than a half degree warmer than the record set last year in the same location of 107.4°. A persistent ridge of high pressure has mostly held stationary over the western third of the country, keeping this part of the country unusually warm and dry. Inversely, the same pattern has led to historic amounts of rain across the East Coast, including Baltimore, Maryland; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina all recording their wettest Julys on record. The heat isn't going away any time soon, either. Death Valley's next week is expected to run well above average for this time of year, though it probably won't be quite as hot as last week, when temperatures broke daily records, including a four-day stretch of 127° daily highs last Tuesday through last Friday. Stay with WeatherNation for the latest on the excess heat out West. For WeatherNation: Meteorologist Chris Bianchi
All Weather News
More
Severe Thunderstorms Expected Across The South Friday

Severe Thunderstorms Expected Across The South Friday

A frontal boundary stretched across half of t

2 May 2025 12:40 PM
Big Pattern Shake Up for the West Upcoming

Big Pattern Shake Up for the West Upcoming

A huge digging upper level low is heading fro

2 May 2025 11:55 AM
Rainy Forecast Could Disrupt Kentucky Derby Week Events

Rainy Forecast Could Disrupt Kentucky Derby Week Events

Louisville is gearing up for the 151st Kentuc

2 May 2025 11:30 AM
Flooding Threat Continues in Oklahoma Friday Morning

Flooding Threat Continues in Oklahoma Friday Morning

The forecast remains wet in the southern plai

2 May 2025 3:00 AM
Storms Back in the Ohio Valley and Northeast Tonight

Storms Back in the Ohio Valley and Northeast Tonight

OHIO VALLEY - After a very stormy and wet mon

2 May 2025 2:50 AM
Rain For Denver, Snow For The Mountains

Rain For Denver, Snow For The Mountains

A cold front and area of low pressure slide t

1 May 2025 12:25 AM
Rain This Week Douses Fire Concerns Today

Rain This Week Douses Fire Concerns Today

Fire weather concerns have been all too commo

29 Apr 2025 6:40 PM