Key Points: Update #1 (11/8/2024): Fixed a few typos. Update #2 (11/8/2024): For those messaging me about Furnace Creek temperatures reaching 130 deg. F in recent years, see Bill Reid’s summary of side-by-side measurements made there [and reported at an AMS meeting] showing the non-aspirated “official” equipment produces temperatures 2-3 deg. too high during light … Continue reading Death Valley World Record 134 deg. F is Biased ~10 deg. Too High