![]() ![]() ![]() The temperature in Death Valley will also probably become even more intense in the era of climate crisis nine of the park’s 10 hottest summers have been in the last 15 years, the visitor center reports. Earlier this month, a 65-year-old was found dead in his car from “ apparent heat illness”. ![]() Two people have died in Death Valley amid the recent heatwave, including a 71-year-old man who collapsed this Tuesday after hiking near Golden Canyon, where a sign reminded visitors that in a heat-related emergency, “rescue in time is not a guarantee”. The grim weather warnings come at a critical time. An excessive heat warning, involving daytime temperatures “well over” 120F and night-time averages still hovering around the triple digits, remains in effect until Sunday. The park, which set the world record for the hottest air temperature (a withering 134F, or 56.7C) more than a century ago, approached modern heat records this week. A famously difficult ultramarathon, the Badwater 135, sees runners race across the cracked salt flat of the park each July.īut even by Death Valley standards, this has been a remarkable summer. Visitors make the trek there from around the world to experience its surreal, lunar-looking landscapes and dramatic temperature swings. The park bills itself as the “hottest, driest and lowest” – the hottest place on Earth, the driest place in the United States and the lowest point in North America. Death Valley is hardly a stranger to elemental extremes and has long attracted those drawn to the edge. ![]()
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