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Saturday’s temperature had triggered an excessive heat warning across Arizona as lows were expected to range between 80F and 86F

On Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service announced that the temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor international airport reached 110F, making it the 54th day this year with temperatures of at least 110F.

Saturday’s temperature breaks the previous record of 53 days that was set in 2020. From 1991 to 2020, the average consecutive days of 110F or above is 21 days, the NWS said.

An excessive heat warning has been issued for south central and south-west Arizona until 8pm on Sunday as weekend highs are expected to range between 108F and 114F. Meanwhile, lows are expected to range between 80F to 86F.

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[–] kerr@aussie.zone 270 points 1 year ago (11 children)

110F = 43.33C if anyone else was wondering.

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 59 points 1 year ago

Jesus fuck that's brutal even for a desert.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good bot, that's hot

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

Metric: 1 calorie heats 1 gram of water 1 C°, 1 gram is equal to 1cm³. Water boils at 100 C° and freezes at zero.

Imperial: 1 calorie heats 1 something by ?? F equal to ???, and 0F and 100F are completely irrelevant to everyday life and tasks.

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I get your point, but disagree with your thesis. Fahrenheit makes a lot of sense for human comfort ranges. 0 and 100 are some of the most extreme natural temperatures most people in F-using countries ever see. 0 means cold as fuck and 100 means hot as fuck. And there’s a single-digit useful precision to it as well. 72 and 73 are close, but noticeably different. Celsius requires decimals for that kind of difference. And 0 means “it’s kinda cold outside, I guess” and 100 means “you were dead a long time ago”, so it’s not nearly as useful in every day life with natural living temperatures.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So you're saying it's relevant for basically nothing but the weather. It's not a very good argument.

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

To be fair, that's all it's used for. No one uses Fahrenheit for science in the US.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is also incredibly subjective. What's comfortable for one person might not be for another. I'm pretty sure an Inuit and a Ghanan have pretty different ideas of what's cold or hot. Same for Floridan and Minnesotan speaking of the US

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[–] Saltblue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I get your point "but because I was brought up with this system I'm going to make an argument as why it makes sense to me"

25 Celsius is a nice summer day

0 Celsius you better take a jacket and it's probably going to snow

43 Celsius damn hot

60-80 Celsius a very nice sauna

It's not that hard burgerman

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

burgerman

Hey, we didn't come up with the shit in the first place. The Imperial System is a British invention.

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

If it requires this much explanation, it's not very sensible.

In Celsius 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling. It's so simple. "Comfortable" is anywhere from like 15-30 (my Canadian standards, very subjective I know) and we don't need decimals.

[–] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Any usefulness of Fahrenheit is purely accidental, how is water freezing at 32F useful? I'll grant that the finer resolution can be seen as a positive, I don't see how Fahrenheit is better for human comfort, my personal optimal comfort zone is 22-24C°, and I have no need for decimals for that. 73F is pretty close to 23C, I don't see much difference regarding comfort in either.

The huge problem with Fahrenheit, is that it is impractical in many situations, it has basically no merit to justify its existence, and only a minority of countries continue to use it.

Of course Americans can do whatever they want, but they are looking stupider for each year they keep using "Freedom Units".

Of course Americans switch to metric for mostly anything scientific, for example NASA use Metric.

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Thanks I had to scroll way too far. Please upvote this guy

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also getting towards the end of the summer there when it gets humid.

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[–] Rubezahl@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 102 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I believe the headline is wrong. It's not 54 consecutive days, it's 54 days this year total.

In July, Phoenix broke it's previous record of consecutive days above 110F with a 31-day streak. Previous record was 18 straight days 1974.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm this headline is incorrect.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah seriously we had a few days of weather in the 80s when it rained not too long ago.

How do I report a title as inaccurate?

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago (9 children)

If there's anyone here living in the region, remember to drink water! The best method to prevent heat exhaustion or worse is to drink small amounts of water frequently, like roughly once every 30 minutes or every time you feel thirsty (whichever happens first). When all said and done, the best indicator is the color of your urine. It should be a light yellow color.

If you're working outside, make sure you're also drinking something with sodium electrolytes like liquid iv or Gatorade (other drinks like Prime aren't suitable, they pad their electrolyte count will potassium).

If at all possible, take a cold shower at the peak of the heat around noon to regulate your temperature and comfort. If you get heat exhaustion, STOP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING AND GET INDOORS. Heat exhaustion is the first step towards heat stroke and death. You will die in heat like this if you don't take care of yourself. Do not "tough it out" or wait "5 more minutes".

Stay safe out there

[–] crowsby@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (6 children)

take a cold shower

Well umm, that's kinda the trick. In Phoenix in summertime, "cold" water is cold in name only. It's more tepid than anything. That's just another part of what makes it so oppressive living there in summer.

[–] onesweetmullet@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

I’m convinced that the H and C knobs are Hot and Caliente. 😅

[–] AssPennies@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I haven't used the hot water knob in the shower since May. Looks like it's going to be at least another month till I do.

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I have to put ice in my babies bathwater to cool it down to 98, it literally comes out at 103 degrees when it's 115 out. FML

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The important question is why put a city there?

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Testament to mankind's arrogance

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

And the power of air conditioning

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Follow-up question: why make that city a car-dependent hellhole of McMansion suburbs larping as a city, seemingly designed to be as energy-intensive as possible?

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[–] frododouchebaggins@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Because people think they are entitled to live wherever they want and expect society to fix whatever issues might prevent that, on their behalf, for free.

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If any city can survive this, it's Phoenix. From this oppressive heat, they will rise once again from the smoldering ashes. Not like the phoenix after which they were named, but like any non-mythical bird. They will smolder and scatter like the ashes of an unplucked pigeon that got caught in the chimney, causing the homeowners to ask "what on earth is that smell? Did something die?"

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[–] Acters@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

HVAC companies and car repair shops are thriving

[–] tider06@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And exacerbating the problem simultaneously!

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago

One of our local HVAC shops has a massive warehouse filled to the ceiling with equipment, all paid for and waiting to install.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Nothing to see here folks, just more of the China hoax on climate change.

Believe what I tell you, not what you see.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I am going to need to see a breakdown on deaths by political affiliation to gauge how to feel about this.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, let’s dehumanize people we disagree with!

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On the other hand, conservatives (in the US, maybe elsewhere) are so consistently and universally wrong, if they all died we'd be better off.

The disagreement isn't like "Should we get pizza or tacos". It's like "Should gay people exist?" "Is climate change a thing?" "Is slavery good, actually?"

Pretty much every problem we have is made worse by conservatives fighting to keep the status quo or reverse progress.

Fuck them. We would be better off if they were dead.

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago

I’m sure deaths by age group will help you feel something.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think so. We had that "hurricane" in Calif that was mostly in Arizona. I have multiple friends there and I know the temps dropped that time a couple weeks ago. So it may have been 54 days this year, but not consecutive.

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