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The relative humidity is 0.33 [1]. The previous lowest recorded relative humidity was 0.36 in Needles CA and Iran [2] [1] https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeserie
by sbohacek 2y ago
The relative humidity is 0.33 [1]. The previous lowest recorded relative humidity was 0.36 in Needles CA and Iran [2]
[1] https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=KSMO https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=KSMO
[2]
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/world-record-low-humidity-116f-036-humidity-iran https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/world-record-low-humidity-...
- earnestinger 2y agoMaximum being 1 or 100?
- BeefWellington 2y agoI believe 100, because lower than 36% humidity is fairly common while lower than 1% is incredibly rare.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoThe graph and chart indicate it's 0 to 100%, so 0.33 is indeed one third of one percent.
- gruez 2y agoWhat causes the humidity to be so low? Is the fire lowering the humidity? Or the lower humidity causing the fire?
- relwin 2y agoWiki Santa Ana winds. They typically bring <10% humidity as they blow towards the pacific ocean. This can happen overnight and you'll wake up with "raisin-eyes".
- volkse 2y agoYou have your units mixed up - Iran record is two orders if magnitude lower than in LA (30% vs 0.3%)
- kristjansson 2y agoThat’s not what his link [1] shows. Santa Monica airport appears to have reported a relative humidity of 0.33%
- martinpw 2y agoI wonder if there is a problem with the data collection at that time? From your link, it looks like to drop much lower than 0.33, lowest value on that chart is 0.11, which is massively lower than any previous worldwide value, before jumping up to ~10.