IT WAS HOT IN THE USA TODAY, AND WILL GET HOTTER YET!

Let me continue my treatment of global warming with a map of the highs in the USA today:

(CLICK on the map to actually read the numbers.)  Not all that bad, actually, for:

• the all time high for Death Valley (elevation -282 feet) was 134 F  (which is now considered to be the high for Planet Earth) on 10 July1913, just about a century ago, and it only went up to 122 F today, highest in the Nation.  
• Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming got down to 38 F early this morning.  
• Phoenix got up to 115 F, with 120 F expected on Saturday, not quite the 122 F record, but Sunday will be higher yet.  
• Las Vegas only went up to 111 F, but 117 F is predicted for Saturday, which would tie their all-time high, and Sunday could be yet higher.
• The highest for Hawaii occurred in Pahala (elevation 850 feet) on the Big Island in 1931, reaching 100 F.   Today was a comfortable 83  F with comfortable winds at the Ala Wai Golf Course.  Honolullu actually went up to 95 F in 1988.

So what can the USA expect over the next few days?

Thus, Death Valley could approach the highest temperature ever recorded.  Global Warming?  Well, the all-time high was recorded in 1913.

Around the world, Nokkundi, Pakistan only reached 118 F, Dal Bandin, Pakistan 117 F and In Salah, Algeria 116 F.  These are highs for tomorrow.  It is minus 88 F in University Wi ID 8904, Antarctica, but only minus 22 F in McMurdo, Antarctica.

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