The Nationwide Park Service (NPS) announced this week that Death Valley National Park skilled the most well liked meteorological summer time (June-August) on report. And that’s saying one thing, contemplating Loss of life Valley is the most well liked place on Earth. Questioning how sizzling this record-breaking summer was? NPS shared all the main points in its press launch.
NPS says between June 1 and August 31, 2024, Loss of life Valley Nationwide Park had a median 24-hour temperature of 104.5°F. The earlier report was only a tad decrease than that—104.2°F. The best excessive temperature this summer time was 129.2°F, and this occurred on July 7.
In reality, NPS says July was the most well liked month ever primarily based on temperature recordings made at Loss of life Valley Nationwide Park’s Furnace Creek climate station. “Throughout [July], the park skilled 9 consecutive days of 125°F (51.7°C) or larger, and solely seven days in whole the place temperatures didn’t attain 120°F (48.9°C),” NPS mentioned within the press launch.
The low temperatures had been fairly excessive this 12 months, too, and this was an element within the breaking the summer time warmth report. Temperatures simply by no means bought low.
“The common low temperature of 91.9°F (33.3°C) meant that there was little aid in a single day,” NPS says. “From June 1 to August 31, the temperature dipped under 80°F solely 5 instances, and there have been 9 days when in a single day lows by no means fell under 100°F.”
Are you able to think about going for a midnight stroll in 100°F warmth?
Loss of life Valley Security Ideas
NPS says Loss of life Valley rangers responded to “a number of life-threatening heat-related incidents throughout the summer time together with two fatalities the place warmth was a contributing issue.” In a single non-fatal incident, a man lost his shoes and the sand scalded his toes.
The park says vacationers ought to count on triple-digit temperatures to proceed into early October. Guests ought to keep inside a 10-minute stroll of an air-conditioned automobile. NPS additionally reminds guests to drink loads of water, eat salty snacks, and put on a hat and sunscreen.