It's really hot! I gort this from Jeff Masters blog site:
One of the greatest heat waves in
North American history peaked June 30 and July 1, and will still
bring some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded to portions of the
Western U.S. The extraordinary heat wave,
caused by an unusually extreme standing wave pattern in the jet stream,
brought Earth's highest June temperature ever recorded on Sunday, June
30, when the mercury hit 129.2°F (54.0°C) in Death Valley, California.
The only higher temperatures ever recorded on the planet occurred in
Death Valley on July 10, 12, and 13, 1913, when readings of 134°F,
130°F, and 131°F were recorded. This 100 year-old record heat wave has
many doubters, though, including Mr. Burt, who noted in a 2010 blog post that "The
record has been scrutinized perhaps more than any other in the United
States. I don't have much more to add to the debate aside from my belief
it is most likely not a valid reading when one looks at all the
evidence. Normally when Death Valley records its hottest temperatures
they occur during region-wide heat waves. On July 10, 1913 the next
highest temperatures recorded in southern California (aside from
Greenland Ranch) were just 119° at Heber and 118° at Mammoth Tank."
If Mr. Burt is correct, then this Sunday's temperature of 129.2°F in
Death Valley was the hottest temperature in recorded history on Earth.
June 27, 2013
102° Santa Fe, NM set an all-time heat record for that city
105° Albuquerque, NM: tied 2nd highest temperature on record
June 28, 2013
105° Salt Lake City, UT: hottest June temperature on record
114° Zion National Park, UT: hottest June temp on record, and only 1° short of their all-time record of 115°
June 29, 2013
100° Ely, Nevada: hottest June temperature on record (previous 99° June 22, 1954)
101° Eureka, Nevada: hottest June temperature on record (previous 98° on two occasions)
105° Salt Lake City, Utah: hottest June temperature on record (again, see June 28)
122°
Palm Springs, California: hottest June temperature on record (tied June
28, 1994) and 1° short of all-time record of 123° set on August 1, 1993
128° Death Valley, California: hottest June temperature on record (tied previous 128° set on June 29, 1994)
It was 119° in Phoenix, Arizona their 4th warmest reading on record.
June 30, 2013
129° Death Valley, California: Earth's all-time hottest June temperature
115° Lancaster, California: all--time heat record (previous record 114° on July 18 and 19, 1960)
117° Las Vegas, Nevada: all-time heat record (tied with July 19, 2005 and July 24, 1942)
All-time June monthly records were set or tied at:
104° Elko, Nevada (previous 104° June 24, 1981)
103°
Tonopah, Nevada (previous 102° on two occasions), this was also just 1°
short of their all-time record of 104° set on July 18, 1960).
106° Winnemucca, Nevada (previous 106° on June 24, 1988)
July 1, 2013
127° Death Valley, California
110° Boise, Idaho: tied for 2nd hottest temperature on record
