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- With average daytime temperatures of nearly 120 degrees in August, Death Valley is one of the hottest regions in the world.
- Hundreds of people call the area home, most of them employees of the National Park Service and local hotels.
- Two residents told Business Insider in 2020 what it's like to live in such extreme temperatures.
Death Valley reached a scorching 130 degrees on an August 2020 afternoon. That's 54 degrees Celsius, or roughly the internal temperature of a well-cooked steak. This July, temperatures reached 120 degrees or above for well over half the month.