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"Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point
on Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by
flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists
said.
Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s
border with Nevada, reached 128F (53.3C) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace
Creek, the National Weather Service said.
The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134F (56.7C) in July 1913 at
Furnace Creek, said Randy Ceverny of the World Meteorological Organization, the
body recognized as keeper of world records. Temperatures at or above 130F
(54.4C) have only been recorded on Earth a handful of times, mostly in Death
Valley.
“With global warming, such temperatures are becoming more and more likely to
occur,” Ceverny, the World Meteorological Organization’s records coordinator,
said in an email. “Long-term: global warming is causing higher and more
frequent temperature extremes. Short-term: this particular weekend is being
driven by a very, very strong upper-level ridge of high pressure over the
western US.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
