Ken Cook wrote:

I see Death Valley was 121F max and 99F min yeterday. Peaked at 127F
max and 100F min on 9th. Now that's a scorcher!!

Still some way to go to beat the near-100-year-old record of 134F (57C)
at Death Valley. It was 113F (45C) when I was passing by there in July
2006: http://www.jstottphotography.com/photo.php?s=5164

Jonathan