Top 3 Most Extreme Places in North America
North America's Highest Place
The summit of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska is the highest point in North America at 6194 m (20,320 feet). Mount McKinley is the third most prominent summit on earth, but actually has a larger base-to-peak height than Mt. Everest because Everest sits on several thousand feet of the Tibetan plateau.
North America's Hottest Place
On July 10, 1913, a record 134 ?F (56.7 ?C) was measured by a weather observation station at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California. The flat, barren valley floor and the surrounding mountains at this location have long created a "convection oven" effect that superheats the air at the surface of this scorched landscape.
North America's Coldest Place
The remote settlement of Snag in Canada's Yukon Territory holds the title for the coldest officially-recorded spot in North America. On February 3, 1947, a government weather station at a small landing field recorded a temperature of -81.4? Fahrenheit (-63? Celsius) in dry, still conditions.
