A reading of 54.4 Celsius (130F) was taken at the Furnace Creek weather station in the global California National Park at 3:41 pm on Sunday — and nearly broke a record 100 years ago.
However, this figure is disputed by meteorological experts, who claim that the readings were inaccurate.
Many believe that true record temperatures of 129F were previously recorded in Death Valley on June 30, 2013, and Kuwait and Pakistan in 2016 and 2017.
Death Valley National Park has virtually no rainfall and is considered the hottest and driest place in the United States.
The west coast of the United States has been hit by intense heat in recent weeks, and nearly 80 million residents have been warned of a dangerous weather situation. In addition, high temperatures in this region are accompanied by fires.
In Los Angeles, home evacuations were ordered as wildfires broke out across the state. The disaster has already destroyed over 100,000 acres of land in California.
A rare occurrence was also seen Saturday afternoon in Loyalton, Lassen County, California. A fire tornado has formed in the area of the fires.
Fire Tornado today outside Chilcoot and Hallelujah Junction California. This was intense and scary !!!! @TheTXWXchaser @ spahn711 @JimCantore @ReedTimmerAccu @jeffpiotrowski #CAwx #LoyaltonFire #firenado # FireSeason2020 pic.twitter.com/vfwrTKK02n
— Tasha Joy (@ That1GirlTasha) August 16, 2020
A fire tornado is formed when a blast of hot air passes through the fire at a specific angle, raising the fire and debris into tornado-like plumes.
Some of them can climb more than a kilometer in winds of over 120 miles per hour, uprooting trees 15 meters or more.
A fire in Loyalton in Lassen County, northeast of Sacramento, burned 20,000 acres and was localized 5% by early Sunday.
