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Numerous heat records set in Death Valley this summer

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Numerous heat records set in Death Valley this summer
Numerous heat records set in Death Valley this summer

Over the summer of 2020, numerous heat records were broken at Death Valley, as the park experienced what maybe some of the hottest days ever recorded on Earth.

FEEL LIKE IT.WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLEDIGITS -- DEATH VALLEY ISSTILL SCORCHING AFTER A RECORDBREAKING SUMMER.THE NATIONAL PARK SAW ANAVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 102.7DEGREES - MAKING IT THE FOURTHHOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD.HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THENUMBERS...THERE WERE 35 DAYS OVER 120 --AND THERE WERE 6 NIGHTS OVER100 DEGREES.MAY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER ALLSAW THE HOTTEST DAY OR NIGHTMAY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER ALLSAW THE HOTTEST DAY OR NIGHTEVER RECORDED FOR THAT MONTH.AND ON AUGUST 16TH - IT WAS 130- WHICH WAS THE HOTTESTTEMPERATURE RECORDED IN THEPARK SINCE 1913, AND POSSIBLYTHE HOTTEST IN THE WORLD SINCE1931.A COMMITTEE IS NOW WORKING ONVERIFYING THAT.

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