What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in death valley?

Death Valley's average temperature in July was 107.4 degrees, eclipsing its old record of 107.2 set in 1917, the National Weather Service said. read more

Death Valley, Calif. now holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the world with a maximum temperature of 134 degrees. This temperature was not recorded this past summer, but nearly 100 years ago on July 10, 1913. read more

100 years ago today -- in the barren moonscape of Death Valley, Calif. -- a thermometer reached a scorching 134 degrees F, which is the hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet. read more

The highest recognized official temperature is 134 degrees fahrenheit in 1913, as the other answer said. However, in 2012 a meteorologist visiting Badwater Basin recorded a temperature of 135.5 degrees fahrenheit. read more