Death Valley hit 130F (preliminary) Sunday
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 8/16/2020, 11:06 pm

From: https://www.weather.gov/vef/

https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/1295170993879752704


https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1295137837361139712


https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.2466&lon=-116.817





"SXUS75 KVEF 170128
RERVEF

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
628 PM PDT SUN AUG 16 2020

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET TODAY...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 130 WAS SET AT DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 125 WHICH WAS SET IN 1994, AND
ALSO BREAKS THE MONTHLY RECORD FOR AUGUST OF 127 WHICH WAS SET ON
AUGUST 12, 1933, AUGUST 2, 1993, AND AUGUST 1, 2017. PENDING FURTHER
VERIFICATION...THIS WOULD ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME A TEMPERATURE AT OR
ABOVE 130 DEGREES HAS BEEN RECORDED SINCE 1913. TEMPERATURE RECORDS
FOR DEATH VALLEY GO BACK TO 1911.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 113 WAS TIED AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 113 WHICH WAS SET IN 1939. TEMPERATURE
RECORDS FOR LAS VEGAS GO BACK TO 1937.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 108 WAS SET AT BISHOP, CALIFORNIA TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 106 WHICH WAS SET IN 1994. TEMPERATURE
RECORDS FOR BISHOP GO BACK TO 1943.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 115 WAS SET AT BARSTOW-DAGGETT,
CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 114 WHICH WAS SET IN
1994. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR BARSTOW-DAGGETT GO BACK TO 1943.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 112 WAS SET AT MERCURY-DESERT ROCK,
NEVADA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 108 WHICH WAS SET IN
1994. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR MERCURY-DESERT ROCK GO BACK TO 1978.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO A FINAL REVIEW.
FOR FINAL CERTIFIED DATA, PLEASE CONTACT NOAA`S NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI) LOCATED IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA."


From "Record Event Report (RER)":
https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=vef
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