Above: Observer Oscar Denton at the Greenland Ranch weather station around 1920. Image from Popular Science Monthly. This entry is a bit different than most… [Read More]
March 22, 2023 A tornado in Montebello
A potent storm swept through Southern California on Tue, March 21. On the next day, energetic cyclonic WSW flow continued over Los Angeles County above… [Read More]
2022 Chase Season Summary
It is late January, 2023, and I finally finished up my chase accounts for 2022. The chase season for me was again rather mediocre. I… [Read More]
August 5, 2022 Big Wet and Muddy Mess in Death Valley
(Youtube video with some video and pics of rain and flooding in DV on Aug 5) The 2022 summer monsoon season has been quite active… [Read More]
An Investigation of Death Valley’s 134°F (56.7°C) World Temperature Record (Reid/Burt WU article)
In 2016, climatologist Chris Burt asked me to write an article for his WU (Weather Underground) blog regarding my research on the record high temperatures… [Read More]
New State High Temperature Records for Washington and Oregon and Canada
The mega heat event of late June, 2021, smashed all-time high temperature records for many stations in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. This… [Read More]
Death Valley July 2021 Heatwave Analysis
January 5, 2022 update — adding more analysis and comparisons of additional stations in the region…about halfway done with that… Image above: The Death Valley… [Read More]
August 25, 2021 New Weather Station in Death Valley, at Badwater!
Stop the presses — the National Weather Service has installed a new online weather station at the hottest spot in Death Valley, which also… [Read More]
July 10, 2021 Hot Drive to Death Valley, and a high of 129.4F!
A very warm airmass was forecast to build over the Death Valley region beginning about July 8. Heights of 6000 meters at the 500… [Read More]
Record Hot Death Valley Heat Wave, July 9-12, 2021 (Data and Charts)
On the weekend of the 108th anniversary of the bogus 134F maximum temperature report in Death Valley, a very high-end heat wave… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134 Record, Part 2B Greenland Ranch Data Reliability 1922 to ….
Continued from Part 2, this part provides access to the Greenland Ranch climate forms beginning in 1922. The observer from 1921 to 1927 was Victoriano… [Read More]
Death Valley’s 134F Record Temperature Study, Part One
UNRAVELING DEATH VALLEY’S RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE (easy as 1-3-4) by William T. Reid Update, November, 2020 — This research study is definitely a “work-in-progress.” The… [Read More]
Death Valley’s Improbable Record Temperature of 134F
Hello Death Valley temperature record research fans! I have presented a lot of background and history and data on the early temperature record at Greenland… [Read More]
September 6, 2020 RECORD HEAT WAVE in San Fernando Valley!
September 4th charts and maps (05 September 2020 00Z) September 5 September 6 morning maps afternoon maps NWS… [Read More]
August 17, 2020 Hot Drive To Death Valley, with temperature measurements!
Yes, you guessed it. I NEED to be in Death Valley when the high temperature is near record levels. Maybe it is a sickness…. [Read More]