Death Valley hits 130 degrees, thought to be highest temperature on Earth in over a century

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Yahoo News

Temperatures in Death Valley skyrocketed to a blistering 130 degrees on Sunday — possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913.

If the National Weather Service's recording is correct, it would also be among the top-three highest temperatures to have ever been measured in Death Valley, as well as the highest temperature ever seen there during the month of August.

The temperature in Death Valley hit 130 degrees at 3:41 p.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service said in a tweet.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-valley-hits-130-degrees-053931284.html

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We have a bigger long term problem than Covid or even Trump.

[IronLionZion]

1. If it was that hot in 1913, then global warming is a liberal hoax

[central scrutinizer]

5. Inhofe proved that with his snowball

And it was peer reviewed. All the republican senators agreed it was, in fact, a snowball.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. As the article says, the 1913 measurement is disputed

See https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/an-investigation-of-death-valleys-134f-world-temperature-record.html , or:

A higher reading of 134F, or 56.6C a century earlier, also in Death Valley, is disputed. It is believed by some modern weather experts to have been erroneous, along with several other searing temperatures recorded that summer.

According to a 2016 analysis from weather historian Christopher Burt, other temperatures in the region recorded in 1913 do not corroborate the Death Valley reading.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53788018

[Roland99]

2. It's all part of the updated Make America Grilled Again

I mean, Iran can't have the highest temperature. It has to be 'murika!

[denem]

3. I can't see trump being around for another 20 years

Climate change will persist for centuries.

I hope I'm around long enough to join the worldwide celebration of djt's death.

[Iliyah]

4. Been there many times and honestly . . .

I can't see how any life can survive there, but it does.

[jimlup]

6. Yes and that "longer term problem" will

emerge in full force over the next few years and decades. It will be quite serious and most are still oblivious to the true scale of it.

The current trends are clearly frightening.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. In July there was a 128.9 temp

posted with photo and Ranger standing in front of the Digital Thermometer.

Yesterday in and around 3 pm it was dead still for almost one hour. Patio temp was 119 at 3:30 pm. and that held till 4 pm+.

[Bengus81]

8. Surprised none of the extremes were in 1936

One hell of a summer all over the Nation. We still have an all time temp high of 114 in Wichita from 1936 on 8/12. There are still record high temps from 8/9 thru 8/14 1936 that still stand.

[SergeStorms]

9. We're number one! We're number one! We're number one!

I weep for this country, and the world if we don't start taking care of our home.

[haele]

10. I don't think the Evangelicals expect that when their rapture occured

It seems increasingly more likely that their ascent to heaven will be as wisps of ashy bone blown upwards in a hot, tornado skittering across the surface of a hellish environment of their own making.
Unfortunately, their rapture will not be exclusive to their self-righteous, deluded asses.

Haele

[demosincebirth]

12. Oh, but it's dry heat

[HuskyOffset]

13. Knock it off, Hudson!

[pansypoo53219]

17. so is an oven.

[Magoo48]

14. Yes we do.

And, considering the immediacy of the climate crisis, humanity is still treating It with a wink and a nod.

[Magoo48]

15. Yes we do.

And, considering the immediacy of the climate crisis, humanity is still treating It with a wink and a nod.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Think presciently

COVID. Global warming. We may see population declines in a few years. Mother Nature is striking back.

[pansypoo53219]

18. disasters work faster.