It has a subtropical, hot desert climate with long, very hot summers, short, warm winters, and little rainfall.
The highest air temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 56,7 degrees Celsius, and occurred on 10th July 1913, at Greenland Ranch (now Furnace Creek), as of 2022 is the highest atmospheric temperature ever recorded on the Earth’s surface (although some modern meteorologists question the accuracy of the 1913 measurements).
The highest surface temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 93,9 degrees Celsius, and occurred on 15th July 1972, at Furnace Creek. This is the highest ground surface temperature ever recorded on Earth.
The lowest temperature ever recorded on 2nd January 1913, at the Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley was -9 degrees Celsius.
