| spurgeonryan said:
It's official: California's famed Death Valley now holds the world record for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
One of weather's most iconic and hallowed statistics, the Earth's all-time warmest temperature -- supposedly set 90 years ago today at a remote spot in the Libyan desert -- has been deemed invalid: New analysis of past weather data found that record of 136 degrees to be incorrect. The new record, which was formerly No. 2 on the all-time list: the beastly 134-degree reading measured on July 10, 1913, in Death Valley, Calif. "This is as symbolic a mark for meteorologists as Mount Everest is for geographers," says Christopher Burt, a weather historian with the Weather Underground, a private meteorology firm. The Libyan record from 1922 was determined to be invalid because of the combination of a poor weather instrument, a location in a bad spot for accurate readings and an inexperienced record-keeper. Based on these findings, an international team of climate experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) invalidated the 136-degree reading measured at El Azizia, Libya, on Sept. 13, 1922. |
LOL!!! You're actually happy about this record?
I get to live in 40C+ (104F+) temperatures almost everyday for roughly 5 months. It is usually averages 45C (113F) during June, July, and August, and maybe 50C (122F) few days a year not to mention several sandstorms (These are all shade temps of course). Oh, and let's not talk about entering your car after parking it under the burning noon sun. Trust me it's not pretty DX
I just came back from 42C outside. Thank GOD there is something called Thermodynamics (Airconditioners :P)
