On August 17, 2020, I took a drive to Death Valley and took the photos below. This was a day after the station… [Read More]
August 16, 2020 Record High Temperature of 130F at Death Valley!
130!! The official National Weather Service station in Death Valley, at the National Park Service Visitors Center in Furnace Creek, registered a high temperature… [Read More]
Death Valley’s 134F Record Temperature Study, Part Eight Original Charts
This section of the Death Valley temperature/climate study contains a bunch of original hygro-thermograph charts from Greenland Ranch, Cow Creek, and Death Valley. Farther below… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 7 — Miscellaneous Weather Notes and Correspondence
LINK to Part One, which has links to the other parts of this study. Here is another web site entry on Death Valley… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 4C 1911 to 1930 Heat Events
This is Part 4C, an in-depth investigation of the hottest periods in the Death Valley region during the first 20 years of the Greenland Ranch… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Record, Part 2 Early Greenland Ranch Data Reliability
PART ONE is here PART THREE is here PART FOUR is here PART FIVE is here PART SIX is here August 2016 update —-… [Read More]
July 2018 Daily Weather Maps and Data — Part 2 of 2, July 16-31
July 2018 was one of the hottest months on record in the Death Valley region. These daily maps and graphics were saved to document the… [Read More]
July 2018 Daily Weather Maps and Data — Part 1 of 2, July 1-15
Part 2 is here/data and maps for July 16-31 July 2018 was very hot in desert areas of California, Nevada, and Arizona. Some stations in… [Read More]
July 2018 Record Hot Month at Death Valley
As a climatologist and researcher of temperature records for Death Valley in California, I was intrigued, but not amazed, to learn that July, 2018, was… [Read More]
April 15, 2018 Skidoo, Panamint Range and Death Valley
This fine spring day in Southern California found myself and my friend, Jennifer, exploring a handful of areas in the Death Valley region. First… [Read More]
April 15, 2018 Telephone Canyon and Natural Arch, Death Valley
After poking around the remains of the mill near Skidoo, Jennifer and I headed up Lower Telephone Canyon. This canyon is accessed from Wildrose… [Read More]
April 15, 2018 Mosaic Canyon and Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley
During the mid and late afternoon on April 15, Jennifer and I hiked up into Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley. This canyon is easily… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 4A — 1931 to 1960 Heat Events
PART 4A— HISTORIC HEAT WAVES IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION 1931 to 1960 Part 4 became quite large, quite unwieldy. So, I decided to break… [Read More]
January 18, 2018 Lenticulars at Dusk in Panamint Valley
Following the pretty light near sunset on the west side, I continued down to the bottom of Panamint Valley on Highway 190. The decent… [Read More]
January 18, 2018 Panamint Valley and Rainbow Canyon
There are a few Stormbruiser entries for this date, on which I visited Owens Valley and Panamint Valley. This entry is for the time… [Read More]