Death Valley soars to 130 degrees. 3rd heat wave of the season.

[Swede]

The 130-degree reading observed Friday and last August only trail two other high temperatures ever measured on the planet: 1) The high of 134 set in Death Valley on July 10, 1913, and 2) a 131-degree reading from Kebili, Tunisia, set July 7, 1931.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/07/09/death-valley-record-high-temperature/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F341e79c%2F60e9bfeb9d2fda8060006d5a%2F5f4bf3bcade4e274f241ef59%2F15%2F70%2F60e9bfeb9d2fda8060006d5a

[Hortensis]

1. And the 1913 and 1931 readings are probably incorrect, which would mean...

We were last in Death Valley on a June day and it was dangerously hot that day. My dumb-kid husband once drove through in high summer. Back then the Forest Service closed down its outposts each summer, and he never saw another person. He had the windows open and a six-pack of beer, though.

[Brother Buzz]

2. But it's a 'Dry' heat

[dalton99a]

3. Soon to be Very Dry