Death Valley just registered of the hottest nights in Earth’s recorded history. The low was 105 at 7am this morning.

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Hottest Midnight Ever On Earth May Have Been Recorded In Death Valley

On July 17, the Earth may have witnessed the hottest midnight ever recorded, at a stifling 48.9°C (120°F). The potential new record was set in Death Valley, California, which is notorious for record-breaking temperatures.

This latest milestone was reached between the hours of 12 and 1 am, per recordings from Badwater basin weather station. While the readings are just provisional for now, if confirmed, they will mark the highest temperature ever recorded at this time.

Jeff Masters, a meteorologist at Yale Climate Connections, told New Scientist he has no doubt that this was the case.

It is not, however, the hottest overall nighttime temperature. This record belongs to Khasab Airport, Oman, where temperatures stayed above 44.2°C (111.6°F) all night between June 16 and 17, 2017. Again, this is not an official reading: the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) maintains official world weather records, but hottest nighttime temperature is not one of them.

https://www.iflscience.com/hottest-midnight-ever-may-have-been-recorded-in-death-valley-69873