A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for US cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety, and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town. The city’s record streak of 110 degrees Fahrenheit or more stood out even amid sweltering temperatures across the globe, the AP reports. It reached 117 degrees at 3pm. Human-caused climate change and a newly formed El Nino are combining to shatter heat records worldwide , scientists say. No other major city—defined as the 25 most populous in the United States—has had any stretch of 110-degree days or 90-degree nights longer than Phoenix, said weather historian Christopher Burt of the Weather Company.
I love how they throw in “man-made” with absolutely no proof of that whatsoever.
Winter records of cold are caused by what?
This only happens in the summer.
Switch the calendar so summer is in the winter and the problem is solved.
Not many complain about a warm winter.
“Human-caused climate change and a newly formed El Nino are combining to shatter heat records worldwide , scientists say”
Gee, apparently IOTW must agree with the man-caused climate change theory since they reprinted this article with this absurd claim.
There are a lot of variables not explained in this story. How long have heat records been kept – 80 years, 100 years? How were some of those prior records measured – thermometer in a parking lot or on top of a roof? Has the urban heat island effect been factored in? Many of these cities have grown dramatically over the past few decades. Are we comparing similar conditions – for example El Nino conditions with El Nino conditions, and do we have historical records of El Nino conditions? Is there any way to correlate this heat wave with decreased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, or are there other factors involved?
I’m not saying Phoenix isn’t experiencing a long period of extreme heat. I’m just saying that climate change is a complicated, and in many ways not well understood, thing.
Hot in Phoenix? In July? That IS unusual.
Must be aliens focusing the sun
A: I think someone commented here recently that people didn’t live in Phoenix year-round until air conditioning, at least not in large numbers, and that pre-Columbus the nomadic tribes wouldn’t be there in the summer.
B: Someone mentioned yesterday that the temperature measurement is taken in a built-up location, so man-made structures likely have a significant impact on the measurement.
But yeah, let’s ask the gubbermint to FIX IT!!! for us.
…you think its hot NOW, just wait ’til God starts lobbing brimstone…
1. Why would you build a city there?
2. Why would anyone choose to live there?
Sam Kinnison: “It’s a fucking desert!”
Well, at least it’s not LA, but it’s getting there.
We’re between 95 and 100 degrees in Eastern Wahington and N. Idaho right now for the next few days and for me that’s too damned hot for me but hey it’s Summer and is not unusual. If they want hot go to the Persian Gulf, the most miserable and hottest place that I’ve ever been. When we were in the Persian Gulf on board the Kitty Hawk in 1974 it was routinely over 120 degrees and warmer and that’s just the surface temperature. Up on the flight deck it was 150 to 160 degrees on all that black non-skid flight deck surface during full flight ops. We had to take salt tablets mandatorily every morning and drink gallons of water, koolaid, pop, any kind of liquid to stay hydrated. And when we were all also wearing long sleeve jerseys, helmets, gloves and life vests etc. and working up on the flight deck it was unbelievably hot working under those extremely hot conditions. To me that is the definition of hellishly hot, the friggin Arabs can keep that part of the World as far as I am concerned. I have never sweated constantly that much ever, and I don’t want to want too ever again.
John Pinette had a few words about Phoenix;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-SvDBG-Us
32 straight triple digit days with no end in sight here in El Chuko.
I must concur that the ninnies doth protesteth too much. Hot in the summer? “How dare you!” 👧 (clutches pearls). The only “man made” or artificial part of this is man building houses there. Hint to the self loathing: We build homes to give us little bubbles of “better” environments keeping cold, heat, and wolves at bay.
“Man made?”
I thought slaves built this nation?
Hot dry heat I can with stand, I couldn’t live in Nashville where my daughter lives in the Summer when it’s 100 degrees with 100% humidity, that’s way too much for me. The heat and the humidity in the Philippines was bad enough and besides both places have lots of bigger bugs than we do especially the PI and lizards everywhere.
^^^ My last year in the military I spent in Panama, a lot of fun and great memories but not once was I ever dry. You shower then dump a container of talcum powder all over, this works for about 5 minutes.
The humidity and hurricanes are why I will never move to Florida.
This is all done with mirrors!
Rich, East Texas & South Louisiana are far worse than anywhere in Florida.
Florida is not that wide and you get good cross winds.
I worked in various parts of Louisiana like Morgan City, Kenner, etc and it was so suffocating and unbearable I nearly quit my job on the spot.
Since I put a metal roof on the house and garage 3 years ago I haven’t had to use my AC. I installed insulated curtains and keep the east and west windows closed during the heat of the day. I’ve never gone above 80°. I can manage that with fans moving air. I think the difference for me is I used a light gray for the roofs.
I never used to be able to work in the garage on a hot day without the overhead door up now its no problem.
I have been noticing the hype. “Excessive Heat Warning” when the forecasted high is 89, humidity 50-60% in SoCal.
My observation is that Phoenix’s summer average temperatures often hit 112. I was there three years ago when it was 121 for a few days. The whole month had highs around 115-118.
It was 108 degrees at 10PM on Monday night here in Vegas.
“It’s a dry heat, man…”
@Loco – soooo true! I’m in 90% humidity. My morning walk (80 degrees overnight ‘low’ is more a swim.
LCD, I actually like to run in the heat, even during the afternoon her in Vegas.
The body functions the way it should with the sweat evaporating and cooling the skin.
Running in Louisville, Houston, Orlando, etc in the Summer meant waiting until the sun was almost down.
What is most bizarre is seeing a lot of blacks here in Vegas that wear Winter clothing all Summer.
Jackets, hoodies, long sleeves?
Does noticing this make me a White supremacist?
It must, right?
These latest HOTTEST EVER!!!! claims are based on heavily manipulated historical data from the University of Maine that carries a disclaimer. The report was released to feed the propaganda machine.
The biggest thing that I always have to remember is that Fall and Winter always come after Summer and Summer fly’s by and sooner than we think it will be cold and snowy again. And then we bitch about how cold it gets in the Winter. Spring and Fall are the two best seasons as far as I am concerned.
Well, if scientist with a vested interest say so we’ve got to do something.
They better start working on blocking that sun out. There’s nothing that can’t be fixed with more cash from out of thin air. By the way, the globalist want to take our air conditioning away. I think they should lead by example and chop off their own AC first.
Yesterday’s high here in East Yuma was 118…but it’s a dry heat, the trick is not to let you house build up heat in the structure I maintain 78 degrees 24-7 AC doesn’t get over worked.
But it’s a DRY HEAT! In the winter it can get down to the low 30’s and that’s a DRY COLD which makes it hard to get warm, but doesn’t last long.
I’ve been living in Phoenix for the last 39 years. It’s a dry heat, yes. So is an oven and a charcoal grill. I’m now in Cambodia. It’s 93 with 80% humidity. I sweat all of last nights beers out in just a few minutes. I’ll take the dry heat over hot and humid. The good thing about the dry heat: my air conditioner broke one summer. For a few nights I put a damp towel over me and turned on a fan. I actually got chilly.
The current plethora of weather “emergency” porn in the news has very little to do with the historical vs current weather numbers and everything to do with ram-rodding every scrap of propaganda down our throats to make us clamor and beg for the govt to DO SOMETHING. Of course, what the govt does will cost a big pile of $$$ that will go into crony offshore accounts, do nothing about weather much less climate, and add another layer of liberty-stealing despotism over everything.
This is summer. Summer’s hot, mkay? Simmer down.
One thing always stood out over the years was seeing record highs for particular days.
Most times the record temps for that Summer day was in the 1930’s to 1940’s.
They had a fucking hot ass decade back then.
Those poor folks must have really suffered compared to what 2023 pussies complain about today…
SMDH
Well in Northern Cali we’re going though a little heat wave. 105 to 107. However this has been an extremely mild summer so far. In fact we’ve set a couple records for morning lows. So, so much for the obligatory “Man Made”.
That’s what they get for cheating on the election! Now they belong to me, heh, heh, heh!
Currently 57 in Anchor Point, AK. One of the coolest rainiest “summers” in a long time. Decades in fact. Man made activities combined with meridional jet stream flow are keeping it cool here. See what I did there?
“Dry heat” … hmmm, 70% humidity here in OhStink, TexAss this morning. This afternoon it will be about 110 F, in front of the house and about 20% humidity. That sounds low; but, butt, it’s the SAME amount of water(boarding) in the air.
How many cows had to fart to set this record?
I’ve seen Tucson get to 117 to 118
back in the 70’s 🔥
For the love of Pete it’s called a desert for a reason 🙄
Stay cool 😎 my friends 🤠🌵
I used to read non-fiction paperbacks written by guys who humped through the jungles of Viet Nam looking for Viet Cong to kill. More than one compared the oppressive heat and humidity of the jungles there to Houston in August.