The previous record was 119, which was set in 2006. It wasn't long after that when Woodland Hills in southern California set a record temperature of 121 degrees in early September, the "highest official temperature ever recorded in L.A. County," according to the National Weather Service. Death Valley reached the highest temperature ever reliably measured on Earth: 130 degrees Fahrenheit. North America had its warmest August on record, with a temperature departure from average of +2.74 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA. The ratio of record high temperatures to record low temperatures was 12 to 1.
Woodland Hills in southern California set a record temperature of 126 degrees in early September.
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