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Old 08-05-2016, 07:35 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Fleet View Post
Well, Chris Burt did concede that maybe the 130+ degrees F readings at Death Valley were a 500-year event. It is possible. And the records for that place only date back to 1911.

As for the thermometer, that instrument was invented long before 1913. It was first invented by Galileo in 1593 and in 1612, the inventor Santorio put a numerical scale. The first liquid-in-glass thermometer was introduced in 1654. Fahrenheit was invented in 1714 and an accurate thermometer/scale in 1724. (Celsius was invented in 1742.)

I think by 1913, thermometers were quite accurate, especially in developed countries.
Thermometers are accurate if they are placed correctly.


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In Burt's eyes, one red flag about the record is that Death Valley has never even come close to matching 134 degrees since 1913. It hasn't even breached 130 degrees. "It's way, way anomalous," he said.

Death Valley was alone in reporting such fiery temperatures on that day. Nearby places like Las Vegas and Blythe were hot, but not that hot.

On top of these anomolies, the wind conditions observed that day would suggest temperatures were actually much cooler. Greenland Ranch's weather observer, Oscar Denton, may have been a meticulous record keeper, but he wasn't a trained meteorologist. He was an employee of the Pacific Coast Borax mining company. Burt ultimately suspects something may have been wrong with the thermometer.

Let's face it. That particular record is very likely false.

 
Old 08-07-2016, 09:24 AM
 
Location: Paris, France
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How does it feel to experience such an extreme temperature? Is such a temperature bearable for human skin? I found these links but they dont really answer my question.

http://chfs.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2CFE...erly091213.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/657228.pdf
 
Old 08-07-2016, 09:32 AM
 
Location: London / Tallinn
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How does it feel to experience such an extreme temperature? Is such a temperature bearable for human skin? I found these links but they dont really answer my question.

http://chfs.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2CFE...erly091213.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/657228.pdf
Feels fine for a an hour with short breaks every weekend at +100C if you live in Russia, Finland or Estonia and use saunas. No skin burns on me. Ofcoure, living somewhere with constant +50 would be life threathening.

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Old 08-07-2016, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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I used to live there. I can answer the question "What's it like?". It's worse than hell. It never, EVER cools down between May and October. It's like a hot version of the South Pole. Monotonous heat, day and night, for at least five months straight. No cold fronts or thunderstorms. The most significant cooling one can expect is a dust storm bringing highs down from 125 to 115 degrees F. Nights are always hot, but not just hot like a sultry Washington D.C night. No, I mean, HOT, as in step out at 4 am and feel the hairs on your bare skin being singed off by the hot blowing wind (they are not really being singed off but it feels like it).

In 1999, we experienced a partial solar eclipse one August afternoon (80% totality). It plunged the high down all right - from 122 F to 116 F.

You can only take a shower at dawn because otherwise the cold water is too hot. By dawn, it cools off into the 100-105 range. Most people have a small tank of water indoors, which serves as a reservoir of precious cold water for a quick shower.

The sea surface temperature runs in the mid-90s to low 100s in August and September. You can easily get heat exhaustion and drown if you're dumb enough to go swimming in summer.

On the flip side, the first sign of "fall", when night temperatures fall into the 80s and 70s, feels positively delightful.
Ugh...give me weeks of sub-zero Fahrenheit weather over that heat. Once the heat index gets above 95 F I feel like I'm melting.

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Depends on the person, but they say that water as warm as 65°F/18.3°C can give you hypothermia
It's true. Air temp and water temp are two different things when it comes to how the body reacts. I learned this by ignorantly taking a dip in Lake Superior in September...durp to myself.

National Center for Cold Water Safety - What is Cold Water?
 
Old 08-07-2016, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Depends on the person, but they say that water as warm as 65°F/18.3°C can give you hypothermia
Or even warmer. Depends on how long one stays in the water.
 
Old 11-02-2016, 06:14 PM
 
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On 13 September 2012 the World Meteorological Organisation disqualified the record for the highest recorded temperature, exactly 90 years after it had been established at El Azizia, Libya, with a measurement of 58 C. The official highest recorded temperature is now 56.7 C (134 F), which was measured on 10 July 1913 at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California, USA.
 
Old 11-03-2016, 10:33 PM
 
Location: Wellington and North of South
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On 13 September 2012 the World Meteorological Organisation disqualified the record for the highest recorded temperature, exactly 90 years after it had been established at El Azizia, Libya, with a measurement of 58 C. The official highest recorded temperature is now 56.7 C (134 F), which was measured on 10 July 1913 at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California, USA.
Read the older correspondence. That Greenland reading is likely seriously flawed.
 
Old 11-03-2016, 10:40 PM
 
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Read the older correspondence. That Greenland reading is likely seriously flawed.
i have no idea...not a expert.. i just googles alittle...that was from the guiness world record website...i know its too dam HOT!...LOL
 
Old 11-03-2016, 10:54 PM
 
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/149214...taggering-54c/

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