Or that's the version we were told, anyway. The teenagers were called Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and their school was Columbine High, an idyllic sounding place nestled between the Denver metropolitan area and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
This is because the amount of sunlight the reaches the equator changes very little, although the temperatures do vary somewhat during the rainy season. Measurement: The average surface temperature on Earth is approximately 14Â°C; but as already noted, this varies.
Temperature Extremes. Earth's surface temperature depends on how much energy it receives from the sun. The equator, which is in direct sunlight all year, tends to be the hottest place, but the highest air temperature ever recorded was at Death Valley, California, in 1913.It was 56.7 degrees Celsius (134 degree Fahrenheit).ts average surface temperature is following a warming trend. In 2013, Earth's average temperature was 14.6 degrees Celsius (58.3 degrees Fahrenheit), according to NASA.