![Heat dome blamed for a record-challenging heatwave baking the US desert Southwest this weekend. Death Valley hits 130F = 54.4 °C - the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth Heat dome blamed for a record-challenging heatwave baking the US desert Southwest this weekend. Death Valley hits 130F = 54.4 °C - the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth](https://www.severe-weather.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/heat-dome-record-breaking-heatwave-death-valley-california.jpg)
Heat dome blamed for a record-challenging heatwave baking the US desert Southwest this weekend. Death Valley hits 130F = 54.4 °C - the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth
![We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/086be35ff959449620f1c3470b797baeee6c5110/0_60_6519_3911/master/6519.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=2b0528465ea97b1211edc81133ad1eee)
We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian
![We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1097a69b80c5346d7f70b3075280c41b54300c60/0_179_6279_3768/master/6279.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=22b7ac5291b7421faf3384f049e9e52f)
We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Record-breaking heat wave strains 'limits of human survivability' in India and Pakistan | World Economic Forum
![Colin McCarthy on Twitter: "Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today. That's the hottest temperature recorded on Earth this year and one of the highest "pre-solstice" temperatures ever recorded. https://t.co/rlYTyTlvn7" / Colin McCarthy on Twitter: "Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today. That's the hottest temperature recorded on Earth this year and one of the highest "pre-solstice" temperatures ever recorded. https://t.co/rlYTyTlvn7" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVuh_DwUAAA3dCW.png)