Excessive Heat Warning Issued For Parts Of The Desert

Coachella Valley temperatures up to 110 degrees are possible over the next few days, making for the hottest weekend so far this year, a meteorologist said today.

“This weekend, we’ll get up around normal summertime highs — 110 and maybe a little higher,” National Weather Service meteorologist Gregg Martin said. “It will be warm and dry.”

In Death Valley, the hottest, driest and lowest spot in North America, the high at Furnace Creek is expected to hit 112 degrees today.