Death Valley, California reached 130 degrees F on Friday, and the National Weather Service (Las Vegas) is forecasting the possibility of the location reaching that mark again on Sunday. In all seriousness, this is brutal heat, but Death Valley is no stranger to heat records. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17: Visitors walk near a sign warning of extreme ... [+] heat danger on August 17, 2020 in Death Valley National Park, California. The temperature reached 130 degrees at Death Valley National Park on August 16, hitting what may be the hottest temperature recorded on Earth since at least 1913, according to the National Weather Service. Candidly, it may move up the ladder some as the WMO disqualified a 1922 reading of 136.4 degrees F in 2021.

Source: Forbes July 11, 2021 15:33 UTC