How hot does death valley get?

(The temperature in Death Valley on June 29, 2013, was 129 F (54 C), making it the hottest June day on record for the United States.) "That really allows for the solar radiation to heat up the air, and really dry it out, and make it an incredibly hot environment," Cerveny said. read more

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summertime along with deserts in the Middle East. read more

Death Valley, Calif. now holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the world with a maximum temperature of 134 degrees. This temperature was not recorded this past summer, but nearly 100 years ago on July 10, 1913. read more