Climate

Stovepipe Wells 1SW Climate Data

Stovepipe Wells 1SW is a USCRN weather station which began operating in 2004. It is a high-end automatic climate station with top-notch instrumentation and fabulous… [Read More]

Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer Tests the Old Death Valley Temperature Data

Dr. Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama crunched some maximum temperature data for the Death Valley region (covering the last 115 years), and wrote… [Read More]

New Information on the Badwater Weather Station

I received an e-mail recently from NASA scientist Chris McKay (pictured above on September 19, 2011). McKay found my web site, and shared that he… [Read More]

Death Valley Heat Wave, July 2024, DATA PAGE

High-end summer heat waves in the Death Valley region and the Mojave Desert have been the norm for the past several years. This entry is… [Read More]

The Death Valley Temperature Record is Being Fought Over!

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]

July 22, 2023 Heat Event in Death Valley

A high-end heat wave enveloped the Death Valley region during the middle of July, 2023. This web entry provides the sounding data and surface obs… [Read More]

July 21, 2023 Heat Event in the Death Valley Region

A high-end heat wave enveloped the Death Valley region during the middle of July, 2023. This web entry provides the sounding data and surface obs… [Read More]

July 20, 2023 Heat Event in Death Valley Region

A high-end heat wave enveloped the Death Valley region during the middle of July, 2023. This web entry provides the sounding data and surface obs… [Read More]