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Between 12am and 1am on 17 July, a weather station in Death Valley, California measured temperatures of 48.9°C (120°F). If confirmed it would be the hottest recorded temperature at that time
Death Valley in California is among the hottest places on Earth. In the midst of a heatwave baking large parts of the US South and Southwest it may have just set a new record for the hottest midnight ever.