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Those lows from 1913 are quite a bit lower than what has been recorded recently. Symptomatic of older readings: same weather but cooler lows and hotter highs?
Also mentioned: Redding hit 116°F, 2°F cooler than its all-time record. Warmest night on record for Death Valley (current station) is 107°F last year, possibly a world record.
The pre-1930 record is classified as dubious by that author. The COOP form for Greenland Ranch in August 1924 shows some very suspicious readings with 16 nights above 100° including a 12-day consecutive stretch of such, including two at 110°! The modern (post 1934) record for Death Valley has never had more than 3 consecutive nights above 100° and a hottest night-ever of 104° on July 23-24, 2003.
[Post was written before the 107°F night] It'd be interesting to compare Sahara or Arabian desert temperatures. Perhaps Death Valley was unique geography to retain and absorb the sun's heat. Natural oven?
If I visited Death Valley, I wouldn't go in summer but early spring in hope of seeing wildflowers. March 2005 was particularly good for having a wet late winter.
If I visited Death Valley, I wouldn't go in summer but early spring in hope of seeing wildflowers. March 2005 was particularly good for having a wet late winter.
Eh? Surely you can see wildflowers where you live, but where/when else but Death Valley in summer can you experience egg-fryable heat, lifelessly arid wastelands and get the minor thrill of knowing you are in the hottest place on Earth?
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