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.
327K for the annoying pedants
Annoying pedant here… 54C is actually 327.15K
Hot damn that puts it into perspective.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
Ah the Ole hair dryer.
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.
I hope the pupfish are okay
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat.
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.
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.
It goes cooler at night…mostly
Just Death-Valley doing Death-Valley things.
The end is coming very quickly now.
Earth is ready to get rid of us.
