Fast facts about Death Valley

• Death Valley receives very little rainfall. The highest average recorded was in 1913 at 4.5 inches.
• Annual (potential) evaporation is the highest in the world at 128 inches (3.25 m).
• Death Valley holds the record for the highest reliably reported temperature in the Western hemisphere, 134 °F (56.7 °C) at Furnace Creek on July 10th, 1913
• Death Valley is a desert located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America.
• The Badwater area is the lowest point in the western hemisphere at 282 feet (86.0 m).
• The atmospheric pressure is higher at very low altitudes than it is under the same conditions at sea level because there is more air (more distance) between the ground and the top of the atmosphere.
• 2001 saw a record of 153 consecutive days with daytime high temperatures above 100 degrees.
• The Telescope Peak is the valley's highest point at 11,043 ft (3,366 m).
• President Herbert Hoover proclaimed Death Valley as a National Monument on Feb 11th 1933.
• Death valley is believed to have nearly 900 different species of plants existing.
• During the Pleistocene era, the floor of Death Valley was once a lake.
• In 2005, Death Valley received four times its average annual rainfall of 1.5 inches (38 mm).