This is the hottest, driest, lowest and largest national park in the contiguous United States. In fact, there were 43 consecutive days in 1917 where the temperature was over 120 degrees! The record high was 134 degrees on July 10, 1913! In 2001, a record 154 consecutive days reached 100 degrees. Ground temperatures have reached 200 degrees! You guessed it. This is also the hottest place in the WHOLE world. There was a time between 1931 and 1934, that for 40 months, the only precipitation was 1.64 inches of rain! Wowzers! That’s a lot of records!
