California’s Death Valley may tie daily record of 129F on Sunday

By Brian K Sullivan | Bloomberg

Furnace Creek, California, home of the visitor center at Death Valley National Park, will reach 122F (50C) on Wednesday, and temperatures will climb even further as the week goes on, according to Jenn Varian, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

Saturday is expected to hit 127F and Sunday 129F, which would tie a record for the date. The all-time high in Death Valley is 134F set on July 10, 1913.

Temperatures have hit 130F twice, once on July 9...