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Weather extremes
How extreme does Death Valley's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Death Valley has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Death Valley has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 14°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Death Valley (typical high near 115°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 17°F colder than a normal January night in Death Valley (typical low near 42°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Death Valley usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.1 in).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Death Valley's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 129°F is about 14°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Stovepipe Wells 1 SW (NOAA GHCN station USW00053139), about 50 km from the city centre.