A Record Worth Wilting For: Death Valley Is Hotter Than ... graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/12/29/science/earth/DEATHVALLEY/DEATHVALLEY-articleLarge.jpg A 134-degree reading registered on July 10, 1913, at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, Calif., is now the official world record. graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/12/29/science/earth/29deathvalley-map/29deathvalley-map-popup-v2.jpeg graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/12/29/us/JP-DEATH-VALLEY-1/JP-DEATH-VALLEY-1-popup.jpg A walk in Death Valley, Calif., on Thursday. December 28, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/science/earth/death-valley-temperature-record-is-restored.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/science/earth/death-valley-temperature-record-is-restored.html?pagewanted=all ]