We just hit this ungodly temperature of 119°F - 48.8°C. This is officially the highest temperature we have ever witnessed here. The last record was 117°F last year. 116°F the year before and you get the drift.
Just took this picture of the patio thermometer. And the thing is in a shady area too and very accurate I may say. I have a sneaking suspicion that this summer is going to majorly suck. 😯
The world is getting hotter. Many heat records were broken last week all around the world. Heck, even the right-leaning Daily Mail from the UK says.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5916967/Global-wa... I'm glad I'll be dead in less than 35 years as not to live through this nightmare that the old TV show, The Twilight Zone predicted. I saw this one back in my pre-teens in the 1981 or so and it scared the bejeevus out of me.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x4llpy3 Also today,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/06/monster-heat-dome-threatens-all-time-high-temperature-records-in-southern-california-friday/?utm_term=.7ef8619fc17a