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January 8, 2013
20:06 • 4 months ago

U.S. mark for hottest year broken in 2012

Tags: temperature heat hottest year on record U.S. rising temperatures climate ct numbers

  • 55.3°F the average temperature in the United States in 2012, shattering the mark for our hottest year on record by a full degree. source

September 13, 2012
19:53 • 8 months ago

Death Valley regains its crown as hottest place ever

Tags: numbers temperature death valley libya records record temperatures es weather

  • 134° F the temperature the infamously hot spot in California’s Mojave Desert reached in 1913. 
  • 136.4° F the temperature a less-heralded hot spot, El Azizia, Libya, reached on September 13, 1922, breaking Death Valley’s record … or so it seemed.
  • recount! exactly 90 years ago, meteorologists say, the guy who caught the record temperature did a few things which put his temperature into doubt. First, he was inexperienced; second, he was using a poor temperature-reading tool that could be easily misread; and third, the area in which the temperature was unusual for the region. The result? Death Valley regains its crown! source

July 8, 2012
11:38 • 10 months ago
Tags: climate change adaptation capital washington dc airports temperature heat wave 2012 tarmac reagan national from climateadaptation
climateadaptation: Tarmac melts, causing flight cancellations at USA’s capital airport, Reagan National, Washington DC. This demonstrates the need for climate adaptation of America’s (rather embarrassing) infrastructure. Via NYC Aviation FB. Yes, those are sunken-in wheels. Holy wow.

climateadaptation:

Tarmac melts, causing flight cancellations at USA’s capital airport, Reagan National, Washington DC. This demonstrates the need for climate adaptation of America’s (rather embarrassing) infrastructure.

Via NYC Aviation FB.

Yes, those are sunken-in wheels. Holy wow.

July 3, 2012
19:39 • 10 months ago

East coast ravaged by heat wave while many without electricity

Tags: east coast electricity heat deaths heat wave heat wave deaths hot power outage temperature

  • 1.8 mil east coasters left without power during a sweltering heat wave, following last Friday’s disruptive storm
  • 22 the death toll attributed to that scorching heat, which authorities fear will continue to rise
  • 3,167 heat records that were broken in the U.S. during June 2012, according to ABC News source

 

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