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Temperature in the city that houses 1.1 million people, soared to 129 degrees and is said to be tied with the world record for the most extreme high temperature. Experts said that the scorching temperature reading was brought about by a dome of heat centered over the Middle East. The excessively hot air over Ahvaz was said to have felt even more stifling due to high humidity. Readings noted that as the temperature climbed into the high 120s, the dew point, a measure of humidity, peaked in the low 70s; a high level for the desert location. Further, a measure of how hot it feels factoring in the humidity, or the heat index is said to have exceeded 140 degrees. Experts concluded that this combination of heat and humidity was so extreme that it was beyond levels the heat index was designed to compute.
Meanwhile, reports noted that about 800 miles southeast of Ahvaz, in the Persian Gulf city of Jask - the humidity was even more suffocating. According to reports, the highest dew point ever measured on Earth is 95 degrees set at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on July 8, 2003. On Wednesday morning, the dew point hit 91.4 degrees in the area. According to a weather historian for Weather Underground, Christopher Burt, who has exhaustively analyzed world temperature extremes has determined that the highest records in modern times were recorded at Mitribah in Kuwait, on July 21, 2016 - with a reading of 129.2 degree and at Death Valley in California, on July 10, 1913 - with a reading of 134 degrees. However, the reading at Death Valley was highly criticized by Burt, who argued that it was “essentially not possible from a meteorological perspective,” and that the weather observer then had committed errors. The two readings are said to be the hottest credible temperature measurements that exist in modern records.
On Thursday, Etienne Kapikian, a forecaster at French meteorological agency MeteoFrance, said on Twitter that the city of Ahvaz soared to “53.7°C” (128.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Kapikian said the temperature is a “new absolute national record of reliable Iranian heat” and that it was the hottest temperature ever recorded in June over mainland Asia. Previously, Iran’s hottest temperature was recorded at 127.4. However, the Weather Underground website indicated that temperature in Ahvaz climbed even higher, hitting 129.2 degrees at both 4:51 and 5 p.m. local time. Experts noted that if the 129.2 degrees reading is accurate, it would arguably tie the hottest temperature ever measured on Earth in modern times.
Now, the World Meteorological Organization will review the 129.2 degree-reading that Ahvaz posted on Weather Underground in a bid to stand and match the highest modern global temperature. The Iranian temperature extremes came just a month after several locations in the Middle East recorded their hottest May temperatures during another exceptional heat wave. According to a report published by the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, worsening heat waves are among the weather events that can be most easily connected to human-caused climate change. Further, a study published in the journal Nature Climate change in 2015 had cautioned that by the end of the century, due to climate change, temperatures in the Middle East may become too hot for human survival.
Irans Ahvaz city records 129 degrees tied for world record for the most extreme high temperature on Earth
Welcome back, glad to see you again.Oh look, a conspiracy. Or not...
Why do global temperature records differ Earth EarthSky
Detailed explanation at the link.
Wow.. The morons are out in force this morning.. Localized area, not wide spread. This means it is an anomaly not a precedent. And the relative humidity was at a record low of just 4% which means the atmosphere could not cool convectivly. ( I thought AGW was supposed to increase water vapor?)
Iranian city soars to record 129 degrees: Near hottest on Earth in modern measurements
Look, Mr. Westwall, it is going to cool. LOL
Politicization, Homogenization, infilling with bogus temps, and outright lying... (fantasy modeling) About sums up the reasons.. And yet Balloon Radiosonde are accurate and consistent.Oh look, a conspiracy. Or not...
Why do global temperature records differ Earth EarthSky
Detailed explanation at the link.
Politicization, Homogenization, infilling with bogus temps, and outright lying... (fantasy modeling) About sums up the reasons.. And yet Balloon Radiosonde are accurate and consistent.Oh look, a conspiracy. Or not...
Why do global temperature records differ Earth EarthSky
Detailed explanation at the link.
Talk about morons. Why, Silly Billy, do you have to constantly lie? Is your self image that low? The dome of heat is over the entire Middle East. And the humidity is high.Wow.. The morons are out in force this morning.. Localized area, not wide spread. This means it is an anomaly not a precedent. And the relative humidity was at a record low of just 4% which means the atmosphere could not cool convectivly. ( I thought AGW was supposed to increase water vapor?)
Iranian city soars to record 129 degrees: Near hottest on Earth in modern measurements
Look, Mr. Westwall, it is going to cool. LOL
Any high temp records is proof of AGW while the majority of the earth is now setting low temp records for night time temps, which if it were rising, is what would show a rising average temp on earth. The simple observed empirical evidence is showing AGW a lie.
Between the politicization of temp records (to push an agenda) and the shear bullshit of the left wing wacko alarmists, I don't know what is more dangerous to the worlds population..
A regional event .... One that has happened before...Talk about morons. Why, Silly Billy, do you have to constantly lie? Is your self image that low? The dome of heat is over the entire Middle East. And the humidity is high.Wow.. The morons are out in force this morning.. Localized area, not wide spread. This means it is an anomaly not a precedent. And the relative humidity was at a record low of just 4% which means the atmosphere could not cool convectivly. ( I thought AGW was supposed to increase water vapor?)
Iranian city soars to record 129 degrees: Near hottest on Earth in modern measurements
Look, Mr. Westwall, it is going to cool. LOL
Any high temp records is proof of AGW while the majority of the earth is now setting low temp records for night time temps, which if it were rising, is what would show a rising average temp on earth. The simple observed empirical evidence is showing AGW a lie.
Between the politicization of temp records (to push an agenda) and the shear bullshit of the left wing wacko alarmists, I don't know what is more dangerous to the worlds population..
Iranian city soars to record 129 degrees: Near hottest on Earth in modern measurements
For the 129.2 degree-reading Ahvaz posted on Weather Underground to stand and match the highest modern global temperature, it will require review by the World Meteorological Organization.
The scorching temperature reading was brought about by a dome of heat centered over the Middle East.
The excessively hot air over Ahvaz, a city of 1.1 million people, felt even more stifling due to high humidity. As the temperature climbed into the high 120s, the dew point, a measure of humidity, peaked in the low 70s; a high level for the desert location (due to moist air flow from the Persian Gulf, to the south). The heat index — a measure of how hot it feels factoring in the humidity — exceeded 140 degrees. This combination of heat and humidity was so extreme that it was beyond levels the heat index was designed to compute.
Hahahaha. Politics is a major reason behind why temperature products differ.
RSS just came out with a new methodology that disappeared the hiatus. It was conceived and formulated for the Obama govt. Not unlike the Karl pausebuster paper that was released for the Paris Accord.
