Thermometer from my deployment to Iraq in 2008. Pretty sure that day we were over 130F. I have to do some more digging but I believe I have a photo of one over 140F.
Anything metal becomes burn your skin hot in just a few minutes. Exposed skin is very uncomfortable almost immediately.
Can confirm hair dryer weather at those temps.
That’s insane. I was in Arizona last month in 110° heat, and going outside felt like stepping into an oven. I can’t imagine what 130° must feel like.
I’ve worked in 120° heat and it’s not fun. Especially when you go back in the truck and it’s 140° and the “cooling fan” just turns the truck to a convection oven.
I once flew out of Phoenix and they delayed the flight because it was 117°F. They said it was too hot for the plane to take off.
The three H’s that are dangerous for flying: Hot Humid Height (altitude)
All three affect the air density and can be extremely dangerous to fly in.
Air’s too thin, can’t get enough lift.
Yeah when it finally was ready for takeoff I was like… Are you sure? Nervous as hell haha
And the engines can’t make the power.
Ah the Ole hair dryer.
Just Death-Valley doing Death-Valley things.
I feel like Death Valley always hits 127 degrees.
The previous high shattered by 5 degrees Fahrenheit, with the mercury climbing to 127 F. The old mark of 122 F was last tied in 2013.
A new record for July 5th. Death Valley hits 127 every year on different days. Not really noteworthy.
It even mentions 130 recorded in 2021. Like what peice of crap AI wrote this junk.
It’s a record for that day of the year. Local weather casters have been using this for years too: News at 11, record heat coming!
It’s noteworthy, but the title could be clearer about a daily record vs overall.
Interesting thought popped into my head. Is it technically fraud? The headline is intentionally misleading to get you to click, which will show you ads that gets them money. The only gap is the it isn’t your money they get.
I suppose if the advertisers were defrauded it could be, but that’s probably only something that the Ad networks could be capable of I think.
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this means that you can cook a steak perfectly by leaving it out in the sun in Death Valley
Nope, in the shade.
Though, TBF, the NPS, who admin that thermometer, admit it’s in a very hot location next to the ranger station, and they keep it there for bragging rights.
Hot damn that puts it into perspective.
Came here to make a human steak joke but as usual, the community doesn’t disappoint.
…and this is your bed, it’s a water bed and we add rosemary, salt and oregano to your taste.
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat.
It goes cooler at night…mostly
90° is technically “cooler,” yes.
The record low was 15f / -9c. I made the mistake of camping out there without proper gear one winter night. “How cold could it get in the desert?” I thought. Whoops.
Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs. Why don’t we try that?
Haha perfect!
I don’t think people take dry heat seriously. Humid heat is obviously dangerous because you can’t sweat the heat out of your body as efficiently, but dry heat at these temperatures feels like walking outside and holding a hair dryer to your skin. It’s so fucking hot. You can feel the sun touching your skin like its physically reaching out. You sunburn from 5–15 minutes in the sun without sunblock. And it doesn’t cool off either, not really. Temperatures stay in the high 80s and low-to-mid 90s all night. “But it’s a dry heat” is really dismissive of how dangerous an unwavering 90–120° is, in this case for weeks on end.
I’d like to see how a dry heat compares because I’ve always heard it was better. This past week where I’m at in the states has been terrible, triple digit heat (I think it was 102 on Wednesday) with super high humidity and ridiculous UV levels; the air is thick and like a blanket wrapped around your head the moment you walk outside. Nights have been upper 70’s-low 80’s, I know it could be worse (thank god for a pool and AC), but this is way hotter than when I grew up.
after dying in greater vancouver region one summer some decade ago, I went to nevada and pet some donkeys or something. The degrees were higher but I wasn’t dripping with sweat like in vancouver. The real rain in raincouver was my sweat all along! Actually though its so gross. People regularly ask if I’m crying and if I need to take a break. One of the jobs in the past a customer actually called a manager to ask for them to give me an extra break for working so hard in the heat. I was fine, just looked like I pissed myself, then did a handstand and pissed myself again.
Nah, humidity is the real killer when it comes to heat.
That’s the joke
You’re right, feels like stepping into an oven, as soon as you’re in the sun you feel like you’re starting to literally cook. It’s awful, and in a city it doesn’t cool much so you can’t cool off. If heat doesn’t get you the first day try the next when you’re with down a little.
you feel like you’re starting to literally cook.
That’s because you are.
Stow that shit, Hudson.
I hope the pupfish are okay
They’ll be fine as long as nobody pees on them again
The end is coming very quickly now.
Earth is ready to get rid of us.
54 C for everyone using normal units
That’s extremely cold. Also, Kelvin is spelled with a K.
13 people so far are extremely insecure about their choice of temperature units.
I found the pedant!
Do they not have the concept of humor on your planet? That’s too bad. I hope it gets there sometime soon.
I think it’s a reference to another comment, it wasn’t mean
587°R for everyone who is a Scottish engineer.
Can you please describe it as a quantity mass compressing air in a 1" cylinder for 10 seconds at STP?
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You better have forgotten another quotation somewhere, because if that stands for the heretical inch unit then I’m about to shove my 30cm up your ass.
Oh Right, right . My 1 “cylinders” . Now if you’ll excuse me, I got some sleep to measure in foot step cubed boxels per metric second squared.
327K for the annoying pedants
Annoying pedant here… 54C is actually 327.15K
