Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record

Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by contemporary343 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @03:04PM (#27795652)

If Death Valley hits 131F today, that will be the highest reliably recorded air temperature on earth. In fact up to 134F is within the range of possibilities today and tomorrow, which would hit and exceed the less reliably recorded values from 1913 and the 1920s in Tunisia.

By the 2050s.. who knows, maybe 140F will be within reach.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by bla3 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @03:23PM (#27795783)

It's amazing what we can achieve if we set our minds to it!

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by irrational on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:20PM (#27796543)

Reach for the stars!

The temperature at the surface of the Sun is about 10,000 Fahrenheit (5,600 Celsius).

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by lolive on Saturday July 10, 2021 @04:07PM (#27796079)

Team work makes the dream work.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by drdeadringer on Saturday July 10, 2021 @04:31PM (#27796215)

I imagine my manger saying this.

I'm already not wanting to work there any more.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by pkulak on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:30PM (#27796595)

It's like the most depressing 4-minute mile.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by eric__cartman on Saturday July 10, 2021 @03:37PM (#27795864)

humanity moment

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by EMM_386 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @04:26PM (#27796190)

Wikipedia claims this is 134F, not 131F, but that is apparently disputed.

> The hottest air temperature ever recorded in Death Valley was 134 °F (56.7 °C), on July 10, 1913, at Greenland Ranch (now Furnace Creek),[6] which is the highest atmospheric temperature ever recorded on earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley#Climate

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by jefftk on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:38PM (#27796645)

Perhaps read your parent again? They are distinguishing between reliable recent measurements and unreliable older ones.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by walrus01 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:39PM (#27796654)

How accurate were thermometers in 1913?

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by wtf42 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:54PM (#27797049)

Accurate enough. Saint Petersburg has been registering daily temperature measurements and publishing them in newspapers since 1778 (in Delisle scale).

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by fallingfrog on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:04PM (#27797697)

Hotly disputed

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by perihelions on Saturday July 10, 2021 @03:38PM (#27795868)

Here's the live (hourly*) temperature data from the Death Valley station,

https://hads.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/hads/interactiveDisplays/...

*(Transmits each hour at the +1m 40s offset).

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by ksec on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:41PM (#27796994)

131F = 55C

For those who are wondering.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by sharken on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:42PM (#27797281)

Am only wondering when the US will switch to Celsius like the rest of the world.

At least we got Fahrenheit 451, but still.

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Re:Death Valley hits 130 degrees, near world record by Animats on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:05PM (#27796470)

Sunday is forecast to be hotter.

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