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127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast

abc7.com 127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast

On Friday, a new heat record for the day was set in Death Valley -- one of the hottest places on Earth.

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54 C for everyone using normal units

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- That's extremely cold. Also, Kelvin is spelled with a K.
  
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  13 people so far are extremely insecure about their choice of temperature units.
  
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  I found the pedant!
  
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- 327K for the annoying pedants
  
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  Annoying pedant here... 54C is actually 327.15K
  
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- 587°R for everyone who is a Scottish engineer.
  
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  Can you please describe it as a quantity mass compressing air in a 1" cylinder for 10 seconds at STP?
  
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- Hot damn that puts it into perspective.
  
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- Came here to make a human steak joke but as usual, the community doesn't disappoint.
  
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  ....and this is your bed, it's a water bed and we add rosemary, salt and oregano to your taste.
  
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- this means that you can cook a steak perfectly by leaving it out in the sun in Death Valley
  
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  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.
  
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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.

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- 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.
  
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- 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.
  
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  Air's too thin, can't get enough lift.
  
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  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.
  
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- Ah the Ole hair dryer.
  
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Yeah, but it's a dry heat.

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- 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.
  
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  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.
  
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  That's the joke
  
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  Nah, humidity is the real killer when it comes to heat.
  
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  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.
  
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- Stow that shit, Hudson.
  
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- It goes cooler at night....mostly
  
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  90° is technically "cooler," yes.
  
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  Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs. Why don't we try that?
  
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I feel like Death Valley always hits 127 degrees.

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- 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.
  
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  A new record for July 5th. Death Valley hits 127 every year on different days. Not really noteworthy.
  
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The end is coming very quickly now.

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- Earth is ready to get rid of us.
  
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Just Death-Valley doing Death-Valley things.

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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.

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I hope the pupfish are okay

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- They’ll be fine as long as nobody pees on them again
  
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