A study by two prominent climate researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville calls for invalidating the world record hottest temperature of 134 degrees F recorded in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913.

In the study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, UAH Earth System Science Center scientist Dr. Roy Spencer and ESSC director and Alabama State Climatologist Dr. John R. Christy examined the meteorological and historical evidence behind the record and found the actual temperature on that date was likely a more typical 120 degrees F.

Over the years, several meteorologists have challenged the 134-degree F reading as not credible, but until now quantitative evidence has been lacking.

Spencer surmises the new record might end up being 130 degrees F,

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