RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
950 AM PDT THU JUL 12 2012

...SECOND WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT DEATH VALLEY ON
RECORD...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE OFFICIAL DEATH VALLEY WEATHER STATION IN
FURNACE CREEK THIS MORNING ONLY FELL TO 107 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE
RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 12TH OF 100
DEGREES SET IN 1931.

THE LOW OF 107 DEGREES THIS MORNING IS THE SECOND WARMEST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT DEATH VALLEY SINCE RECORDS STARTED IN
JUNE 1911. ONLY JULY 5TH 1918...WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE FELL TO 110
DEGREES HAS BEEN WARMER. THE LAST TIME DEATH VALLEY RECORDED A LOW
OF 105 DEGREES OR GREATER WAS ON JULY 11TH 1920. A LOW OF 101 WAS
RECORDED ON JULY 19TH 2010 AND THIS WAS THE LAST TIME A MINIMUM IN
THE TRIPLE DIGITS WAS RECORDED IN DEATH VALLEY.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINAL
REVIEW BEFORE BEING CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.

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