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122 degrees: Palm Springs breaks record and could get hotter
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Every so often someone walks into the Palm Springs Visitors Center raring to burn through hiking trails like they're British adventurer and TV personality Bear Grylls. For those people, Ceej Juarez, who provides information about hiking trails in the Agua Caliente Indian reservation, has to be a voice of reason. And that is never as important a job as it was on Monday, when a torrid heat wave sent temperatures to 122 degrees in the resort city by early afternoon. The temperature broke the former...
Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record
2016-06-21 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Wherever you live or happen to travel to, never complain about the heat and humidity again. In the city of Bandar Mahshahr (population of about 110,000 as of 2010), the air felt like a searing 165 degrees (74 Celsius) today factoring in the humidity. Although there are no official records of heat indices, this is second highest level we have ever seen reported. To achieve todays astronomical heat index level of 165, Bandar Mahshahrs actual air temperature registered 115 degrees (46 Celsius)...
Extreme heat to sear Southwest, plains: Phoenix could approach 120 degrees
2016-06-19 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Dangerous and potentially deadly heat will spread toward the Southwest this weekend while continuing to impact parts of the Plains and South. Some cities have already received record-breaking temperatures this week: Columbia, Missouri, broke its old record high of 96 degrees (set in 1952) by reaching 99 degrees on Wednesday. Des Moines, Iowa, tied its old record high of 96 degrees (set in 1913) on Wednesday. The most extreme heat in the coming days will be in the Desert Southwest where...
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Temp set to top 120 degrees as monster heat wave hits Southern Calif
2016-06-19 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The most severe heat wave so far this year is bearing down in Southern California, with temperatures likely to top 120 degrees. So how hot will it get? Temperatures in downtown Los Angeles are expected to climb from the mid-80s Saturday to the mid-90s by Sunday, while triple-digit temperatures are on tap for the valleys. But it's Monday, the first day of summer, that is expected to be the hottest. The looming heat has prompted the National Weather Service to issue excessive-heat watches for L.A.,...
120 degrees! Western wildfires explode with triple-digit heat wave on the way
2016-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: If you live in Arizona, California or Nevada, watch out for temperatures as high as 120 degrees in the next few days. That is not a typo. Excessive heat warnings are in effect beginning this weekend until as late as next Wednesday for the southern half of Arizona, much of Southern California and a tiny slice at the southernmost tip of Nevada. advertisement Those happen to be areas where out-of-control wildfires will only be fueled by the approaching heat. Cities in the mercury-popping...
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