The Independent)
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Death Valley has recorded the hottest average temperature in July two years running ( Getty Images )
California’s Death Valley has smashed its own record for the hottest month ever recorded anywhere.
Preliminary results suggest the month’s average temperature was 108.1F (42.28C).
This edges out the previous record, set in the valley at the same time last year, when the average was 107.4F (41.89C).