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Hmm... Maybe. Except that temperatures far above 50C have been recorded before, including over a century ago. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temper
by radford-neal 4y ago
Hmm... Maybe. Except that temperatures far above 50C have been recorded before, including over a century ago. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_o...
- jacquesm 4y agoIn a place called 'Furnace Creek Ranch'. Makes you wonder about the name. Really, it was quite clear that the original comment wasn't talking about a delta of 50 C and it is quite clear that 50 C outside of say Death Valley isn't normal.
- radford-neal 4y agoHighest recorded temperature in Arkansas was 49C. Maybe it will get up to 50C sometime. That wouldn't be especially alarming.
- skyyler 4y agoYou are willfully missing the point. Did you not hear about the heatwave in Europe last week? 50C is coming to places that have never had temps that high.
- eCa 4y agoSo the Arkansas record was set in 1936. The way I see it, it doesn’t really matter if Arkansas ever beats that record, but rather what happens if it hits 48C five days per year. (I say that as my hometown recently beat it’s highest ever record by approx 1C.)
- ChrisClark 4y agoI feel that you’ve mistaken being deliberately obtuse for clever rhetoric.
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- misnome 4y agoThe person you are replying to was saying that daily highs of 50C aren't far off.