Lush oases harbor tiny fish and refuge for wildlife and humans. Rare rainstorms bring vast fields of wildflowers. Towering peaks are frosted with winter snow.
Yet each extreme has a striking contrast. In this below sea level basin steady drought and record summer heat make death valley a land of extremes. Several factors have to align for a super bloom including regular gentle rain over the course of the winter and spring mild spring temperatures and lack of strong winds.
We don t know yet. Will 2020 be a super bloom or super bust. This was along the badwater road highway 178 between several miles south of the park boundary to jubilee pass.
The 2 14 20 park report is exactly what i found at death valley no showy bloom but a variety of wildflowers in different areas of the park my favorite area had pockets of flowers starting to bloom in the far south of the park. March 5 2020 mary reports. September and october were dry but rainfall rebounded with an average.
Farther out death valley national park east of los angeles received 3 22 inches of rain from january to december 2019. Crudely lettered handprinted sign with lots of exclamation points shouted that death valley was awash in. A death valley super bloom that helped me trust.
Saturday june 20 2020. Death valley to go or not to go in covid era mar 19 2020 campgrounds closing on march 18 at noon furnace creek mar 18 2020 ideas on what to see near death valley mar 17 2020. Make sure you have proper air conditioning in your car or consider a.
Summer in death valley can be sweltering but no less stunning.
Death valley bloom 2020. The death valley national park is the lowest driest and the hottest place in the united states. In 1913 a temperature of 56 c was recorded here still an unsurpassed world record. However during fall this area gets occasionally flooded after severe rainstorms. And water abundance in such a dry p.
2020 wildflower update. The wildflower super bloom of 2016 was a rare event for death valley that occurs only when conditions are perfect. Desert gold and sand verbena bloom on the valley floor. A good wildflower year depends on at least three things.
About the possibility of a wildflower super bloom in death valley in 2020 there has been a great quantity of moisture in some areas of death valley for the past 2 months not just the pool in badwater but on my visits in mid december and early january it struck me that the soil moisture was very high. Best time of year to visit. One of the best times to visit death valley is from march to may when the weather is absolutely stunning with temperature and visitation gradually rising explore eureka dunes which is a must visit site in spring.
One of the best times to visit death valley is from march to may when the weather is absolutely stunning with temperature and visitation gradually rising explore eureka dunes which is a must visit site in spring. Best time of year to visit. About the possibility of a wildflower super bloom in death valley in 2020 there has been a great quantity of moisture in some areas of death valley for the past 2 months not just the pool in badwater but on my visits in mid december and early january it struck me that the soil moisture was very high.
A good wildflower year depends on at least three things. Desert gold and sand verbena bloom on the valley floor. The wildflower super bloom of 2016 was a rare event for death valley that occurs only when conditions are perfect.
2020 wildflower update. And water abundance in such a dry p. However during fall this area gets occasionally flooded after severe rainstorms.
In 1913 a temperature of 56 c was recorded here still an unsurpassed world record. The death valley national park is the lowest driest and the hottest place in the united states.
