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Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today

Proven 4y ago
King-Aaron 4y ago
That's not ideal. I wonder what the wet bulb temperature was recorded at
labster 4y ago
There are going to be a lot of climate refugees in the next quarter century. Crop failures, and literally unlivable temperatures like these. I doubt even Rwanda will be able to take them all in.
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- EdwardDiego 4y ago
  Certain crops will become untenable in some areas, but in other areas, certain crops will become tenable that once weren't. But none of this is new, what's new (aside from the anthropogenic cause) is that Homo sapiens' usual coping mechanism of migration is no longer feasible. This is where the problems and conflicts will come.
  - eurasiantiger 4y ago
    And that is the coping mechanism for overpopulation.
  - hourago 4y ago
    > Homo sapiens' usual coping mechanism of migration is no longer feasible. Migration is extremely common, that most migrants do not reach Europe or the USA did not mean that they are not migrating. I may assume that you mean that Europe/USA cannot be the destination of all of them. But, I do not even think that most people is so willing to change to a different place. They will migrate as much as needed but not more.
    - EdwardDiego 4y ago
      Sorry, I was implying "large-scale" migration as a mechanism for coping with climate change[0]. That's not really possible without massive armed conflicts in these days of nation states. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_event
  - Avamander 4y ago
    No, more extreme fluctuations (that on average end up being warmer) do not make crops tenable in areas where they previously were not.
  - d0mine 4y ago
    Climate change doesn't mean just the temperature become a few degrees warmer. The most noticeable change is that one in century event may happen annually now: extreme heat, extreme cold, floods, hurricanes, etc.
nielsbot 4y ago
See you next year for a new record high temp.
nomel 4y ago
For some perspective, since this seems to be on the sensational side, the yearly average high for August is 117, with temperatures routinely reaching into the 120s, with similar reports found through the last decade (on mobile, can’t reference easily).
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- refurb 4y ago
  So it's not a record temperature, just a really hot temperature in a place that routinely sees really hot temperatures?
  - 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
    It's a heat record for a very hot location for this particular time of year (yesterday's record beat the previous record with 0.2C). If Iran's anything like Europe (and I truly have no idea if it is) then the real heat won't hit until July.
    - vba616 4y ago
      Iran is a big place. Google says it's nearly as large as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California put together. Death Valley is not the same thing as the US yanno.
      - 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
        Europe isn't that tiny either. Still, some weather phenomena seem to common for most of it. Including that July is generally the hottest month. :)
- hansword 4y ago
  Every year from now on is going to be the hottest year on record.
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t0bia_s 4y ago
Record is 56.7°C (134°F) from 1913. - https://wmo.asu.edu/content/world-highest-temperature https://wmo.asu.edu/content/world-highest-temperature

That's not ideal. I wonder what the wet bulb temperature was recorded at

There are going to be a lot of climate refugees in the next quarter century. Crop failures, and literally unlivable temperatures like these. I doubt even Rwanda will be able to take them all in.

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EdwardDiego 4y ago
Certain crops will become untenable in some areas, but in other areas, certain crops will become tenable that once weren't. But none of this is new, what's new (aside from the anthropogenic cause) is that Homo sapiens' usual coping mechanism of migration is no longer feasible. This is where the problems and conflicts will come.
- eurasiantiger 4y ago
  And that is the coping mechanism for overpopulation.
- hourago 4y ago
  > Homo sapiens' usual coping mechanism of migration is no longer feasible. Migration is extremely common, that most migrants do not reach Europe or the USA did not mean that they are not migrating. I may assume that you mean that Europe/USA cannot be the destination of all of them. But, I do not even think that most people is so willing to change to a different place. They will migrate as much as needed but not more.
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    Sorry, I was implying "large-scale" migration as a mechanism for coping with climate change[0]. That's not really possible without massive armed conflicts in these days of nation states. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_event
- Avamander 4y ago
  No, more extreme fluctuations (that on average end up being warmer) do not make crops tenable in areas where they previously were not.
- d0mine 4y ago
  Climate change doesn't mean just the temperature become a few degrees warmer. The most noticeable change is that one in century event may happen annually now: extreme heat, extreme cold, floods, hurricanes, etc.

nielsbot 4y ago

See you next year for a new record high temp.

nomel 4y ago

For some perspective, since this seems to be on the sensational side, the yearly average high for August is 117, with temperatures routinely reaching into the 120s, with similar reports found through the last decade (on mobile, can’t reference easily).

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refurb 4y ago
So it's not a record temperature, just a really hot temperature in a place that routinely sees really hot temperatures?
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
  It's a heat record for a very hot location for this particular time of year (yesterday's record beat the previous record with 0.2C). If Iran's anything like Europe (and I truly have no idea if it is) then the real heat won't hit until July.
  - vba616 4y ago
    Iran is a big place. Google says it's nearly as large as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California put together. Death Valley is not the same thing as the US yanno.
    - 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
      Europe isn't that tiny either. Still, some weather phenomena seem to common for most of it. Including that July is generally the hottest month. :)
hansword 4y ago
Every year from now on is going to be the hottest year on record.

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t0bia_s 4y ago

Record is 56.7°C (134°F) from 1913. - https://wmo.asu.edu/content/world-highest-temperature https://wmo.asu.edu/content/world-highest-temperature