Death Valley May Hit 130 Degrees, Which Would Tie World’s Hottest Recorded Temperature
deadline.comIt’s hot out there, folks. How hot was it? So hot that it’s possible California’s Death Valley could reach 130 degrees by Sunday night and come close to tying or breaking the world heat record.
The temperature at Death Valley National Park, which stretches between eastern California and Nevada, is expected to reach highs around 130 degrees at Furnace Creek on Sunday night and extend through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
The heat could creep close to the world’s record highest temperature of 134 degrees, marked at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley on July 10, 1913, according to the National Weather Service office in Las Vegas.
The temperature there reached 127 F on Friday. The hottest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134 degrees in Death Valley in July 1913.
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