what is the record highest temperature?
Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth is still at Death Valley, but is instead 53.9 Â°C (129 Â°F) recorded five times: 20 July 1960, 18 July 1998, 20 July 2005, 7 July 2007, and 30 June 2013. â¡ On 16 January 1889, a temperature of 53 Â°C (128 Â°F) was recorded at Cloncurry, Queensland.