# Summer Solstice at Badwater, Death Valley... Hot Stuff! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411 "2017-06-20T01:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411/41 "2017-06-22T20:56:48Z")
Personal low was -25 - school was called off due to the cold but my brother and I still went outside to play (the wind was almost nonexistent thankfully.) High? Somewhere over 100 since I’ve experienced it in Florida. I’d have to guess that it was in the upper 100s in Las Vegas when I visited one summer since it was still unbearably hot in the morning just after dawn. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411/42 "2017-06-22T20:58:19Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Desert means dry. And cold. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411/43 "2017-06-22T21:07:15Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Personal low was -25 - school was called off due to the cold but my brother and I still went outside to play (the wind was almost nonexistent thankfully.) > > High? Somewhere over 100 since I’ve experienced it in Florida. I’d have to guess that\*\* it was in the upper 100s\*\* in Las Vegas when I visited one summer since it was still unbearably hot in the morning just after dawn. The official record high anywhere is 134F. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411/44 "2017-06-22T21:17:04Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > The smart-ass answer to that is around 120 C … in a sauna. Not sure if I’ve ever been in 100 F weather outside though - I don’t usually travel to hot places in the summer and Finland’s temperature record is roughly 99 F. I’ll probably just have to wait a few years for the climate change to ramp it up to get my “100 F outside” experience. Heh, that’s actually the highest I can confirm- I was camping in Joensuu the week the record was set there. I’m pretty sure I’ve experienced higher temperatures while in Australia, but I didn’t have a thermometer, and by local standards it was nothing special. I think I got over 40C at least once though. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411/45 "2017-06-22T21:58:09Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > WE GOT IT! 130! 3:38 PDT > > [https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/badwater-ca/92384/weather-forecast/2154856](https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/badwater-ca/92384/weather-forecast/2154856) Yikes! That’s 54C! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411.md?page=2)