A high-end heat wave enveloped the Death Valley region during the middle of July, 2023. I saved a bunch of maps each day leading up… [Read More]
July 10, 2023 Death Valley Region Heat Event
A high-end heat wave enveloped the Death Valley region during the middle of July, 2023. I saved a bunch of maps each day leading up… [Read More]
July 2023 Death Valley Region Heat Event
A high-end heat event occurred in the Mojave Desert and Death Valley regions during the middle of July, 2023. The highest temperatures recorded at most… [Read More]
July 9, 2023 Death Valley Region Heat Event
A high-end heat wave enveloped the Death Valley region during the middle of July, 2023. I saved a bunch of maps each day leading up… [Read More]
September 22, 2022 Death Valley Too Hot Again
A recent blog entry by me which compared the official Death Valley temperature-measurement instrumentation with adjacent temporary equipment (installed by Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific)… [Read More]
Detailed Afternoon Temperature Comparisons at Furnace Creek in Death Valley in July 2021
Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific set up separate temperature-measuring instrumentation at the official Death Valley/Furnace Creek weather station in May, 2021. The purpose was, in… [Read More]
August 1, 2022 Stovepipe Wells 1SW Weather Station Images
A “USCRN” weather station was established near Stovepipe Wells, California, in Death Valley in May, 2004. USCRN stands for “United States Climate Reference Network,” and… [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]
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]
July 8, 2021 Death Valley Will Be Scorching This Weekend!
A hot upper high will smother the Death Valley region this weekend (July 9-12, 2021), with highs well into 120s expected at the official station… [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]