Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

The Climate of Death Valley, California is maintained by the staff at the National Weather Service Office in Las Vegas, Nevada. All data was obtained from the official forms, publications, digital datasets, and record books for this station. All normals, unless noted, were produced by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). NCEI's Asheville, North Carolina office should be contacted for certified weather data.

NCEI Normals vs. Raw Data Normals Calculation
xmACIS vs. Climate Book Record Discrepancies

Temperature & Precipitation Records

Misc. Records

The Death Valley Climate Book is under construction.

Chapters will be added to this page as data are quality-checked & updated.

January Daily Normals & Records

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August Daily Normals & Records