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- Death Valley Temperatures, Part 3: Twelve Years of July Daily Tmax Estimates and the 134 deg. F Record Tue, 12 Nov 24, 9:00amThe 134 deg. F world record hottest temperature from Death Valley is likely around 10 deg. F too high, compared to elevation-adjusted temperatures from surrounding stations. The most likely cause is that the ranch foreman’s...
- Death Valley Temperatures, Part II: Thoughts from William T. Reid Mon, 11 Nov 24, 5:00amIt is my belief that the new observer in 1913 (Oscar Denton) was rather disillusioned with the conservative maximums from the official station above grass and next to the evaporatively-cooled farmland...
- Death Valley World Record 134 deg. F is Biased ~10 deg. Too High Sat, 9 Nov 24, 6:00amExtensive historical research by William T . Reid has suggested the person making the temperature observations at Greenland Ranch likely replaced the official measurements from a thermometer in a Stevenson screen shelter...
- Another Crowd Sourcing Request Thu, 29 Jul 21, 7:00pmWe'd have another article up on EverythingClimate.org which could use some additional vetting.
- Death Valley high temperature record of July 10, 1913 Fri, 10 Jul 20, 11:00pm*On July 10, 1913, Death Valley, California reached an amazing 134 degrees…the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded in a year with many remarkable weather events*
- California Super Bloom Sat, 6 Apr 19, 12:00pmThis winter’s exceptional rain season is leading to stunning sites in California.~ctm From Space.com California’s ‘Superbloom’ of Wildflowers Looks Spectacular from Space! By Elizabeth Howell 3 days ago...
- Death Valley springs to life with millions of flowers in rare ‘super bloom’ Thu, 25 Feb 16, 7:09amDeath Valley is one of those places in the world that’s appropriately named. The hottest place on earth, this desert frequently heats up to temperatures around 120 degrees. Yet this spring, it’s home to a sudden explosion...
- 1,000-year-flood devastates Death Valley – and El Niño threatens more Thu, 12 Nov 15, 9:55amDeath Valley National Park endured the wettest October on record this year with hard-hitting storms and a weather system that incited a 1,000 year flood event...
- Will the real The Death Valley 134F high temperature record please stand up? NWS says one on file at NCDC is a ‘fake’ Thu, 18 Jul 13, 5:31am“…someone made this fake form off the original and even forged Oscar Denton’s name on it.” Readers may recall that last week I noticed differences in the two “official” paper records presented...
- 100 years ago today – Death Valley 134° record by the observer, why are there two different paper records? Thu, 11 Jul 13, 4:08amToday, NOAA is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the 134° reading at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, including speakers, guests, and media coverage expected to begin at 11AM PDT, right about now...
- Hot weather and climate change – a mountain from a molehill? Thu, 4 Jul 13, 7:12amGuest essay by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times On Sunday, Death Valley temperatures reached 129oF, a new June record high for the United States, according to the National Weather Service...
- NOAA is sponsoring a heated celebration of 134°F at Death Valley Tue, 2 Jul 13, 8:00pmFrom NOAA/NWS Western Regional Headquarters, something that makes me wonder if they’ll have a similar celebration of the coldest temperature in the USA of −79.8 °F (−62.1 °C) recorded in Prospect Creek, Alaska...
- Heat Waves Validate the Skeptics Tue, 2 Jul 13, 1:39amEssay by Jim Steele, Director emeritus, Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University The heat wave and near record-breaking temperatures in Death Valley provides a superb teaching moment to show why CO2 has...
- It seems NOAA has ‘de-modernized’ the official Death Valley station to use older equipment to make a record more likely Mon, 1 Jul 13, 10:33amAbout those ‘record’ Death Valley temperatures everybody is waiting for… UPDATE: 128°F today at Death valley COOP station. See Record Event Report below. It seems the media and the alarmists are cheering...
- About the record temperature in Las Vegas yesterday…it wasn’t 117°F Mon, 1 Jul 13, 3:02amThere’s lots of hullabaloo over the supposedly tied all time temperature record of 117°F in Las Vegas, and the potential for a new all-time temperature record in Death valley, which would negate the all time world...