Excessive Rainfall Possible This Weekend; October Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across the northern Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. through this weekend. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will impact southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley into next week. 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.

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The Death Valley Climate Book is under construction.

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

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