Extreme Temperatures

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Cars and street lights are melting. Palm trees just ignite into flames from the heat in Kuwait.
The Big Wobble: Astonishing temperatures hit Kuwait with highs of 52.2 degrees C, (126 deg F) and 63 degrees C (145.4 deg F) under direct sunlight

Earlier this week highs touching 51 deg C (124 deg F) hit parts of India making it the hottest place on the planet, however, Kuwait has smashed that weighing in with an astonishing 52.2 degrees C, (126 deg F).
Kuwait on Saturday recorded the highest temperatures in the world; reaching 52.2 degrees Celsius in the shadows and 63 degrees Celsius under direct sunlight, according to Al Qabas newspaper.
Kuwait yesterday recorded the first death as a direct result of the unbearable temperatures, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily added, the victim died in Surrah as a result of heatstroke.
When the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry received a report, security and the emergency medical personnel rushed to the spot and found the man dead.
Some of his work tools were found next to the body.
The forensic report showed the man died as a result of sunstroke because of his prolonged stay under the direct heat of the sun.

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Europe heat wave: Weather map of France looks like a screaming skull of death

The intense heat wave blasting Europe with record-breaking temperatures manifested on a recent weather forecast as a screaming heat skull of death looming over France.
A forecast map for Thursday, first created June 20, showed France’s scorching temperatures creating a giant, screaming face over the country as the country braced itself for the hottest temperatures since a 2003 heat wave killed 15,000 people in the country.

 

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The Big Wobble: Anchorage, Alaska hit 89 degrees F, (32 deg C), Thursday to break the all-time highest temperature ever recorded: Campbell Creek hit 91 degrees F, (33 deg C)

The official temperature record fell.
Anchorage hit 89 degrees F, (32 deg C), Thursday to break the all-time highest temperature ever recorded at the official recording station.
The previous record was 85 degrees F, (29 deg C), set on June 14, 1969.
Several recording stations in the Anchorage area hit 90 degrees or higher.
The Campbell Creek Science Center hit 91 degrees F, (33 deg C) as of 5:00 p.m.
Merrill Field also hit 90 degrees on Thursday.

According to The Weather Channell, the heat wave is intensifying over Alaska and will last into next week, possibly threatening all-time record highs in many parts of the state.
An unusually strong dome of high pressure aloft will intensify and spread over our 49th state the next several days.
According to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, the strength of this high-pressure dome could break all-time records over Alaska.

 

[nivek]

The Big Wobble: Anchorage, Alaska hit 89 degrees F, (32 deg C), Thursday to break the all-time highest temperature ever recorded: Campbell Creek hit 91 degrees F, (33 deg C)

Wow I never would have thought Alaska had high temps over 80 degrees...

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Almost 40M Americans under warnings or advisories because of heat

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'Potentially deadly' heatwave hits Northeast: Temperatures start to rise towards highs of 110F | Daily Mail Online

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The Arctic could be ice free by 2040

 

[nivek]

The Arctic could be ice free by 2040

If that happens I think it will be brief, once enough cold water from melting poles and glaciers hits the north atlantic current it will slow it causing a mini ice age...I think temperature extremes in the past seem to always end with an ice age of various lengths, once it gets too hot it swings back cold, so cold it stays cold for a while...

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Paris saw a record high temperature of 42.6C (108.7F) on Thursday, amid a heatwave that broke records across Western Europe.

A red alert was issued in north France. Germany also set a new national temperature record of 41.5C - bypassing the figure set just a day before.

The UK recorded a record temperature for July of 38.1C, with trains told to run more slowly to stop rail buckling.

The Netherlands also recorded its highest ever temperature at 40.7C.

"Climate change has increased the likelihood and severity of heatwave episodes across Europe," the UK's national weather service said.

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[Standingstones]

The question for me is how much humans have contributed to the air pollution/temperature extremes we are facing these days. I have to believe we all have plenty to be guilty of...

The above photos are from the Kumbh Mela, the Indian religious festival where millions gather every few years.