09-07-2020, 09:31 PM
Ca Bob wrote:
The local news stations kept repeating that 121 deg F temperature that they had out in Woodland Hills. It would be uncomfortable even if dry, and this wasn't perfectly dry.
If they were to put a weather station in Titus Canyon in Death Valley, they might routinely get temperatures in the 140s. At least that is what the Park Service told us one time. They will not let you enter Titus Canyon in the summer months for this reason. They do have an official temperature measurement service at Badwater or Furnace Creek (fairly close to each other) and it got back to 131 this year if I recall correctly. It's a beautiful place but a bit warm in the summer months.
I'm wondering whether this week's heat wave has anything to do with global warming. Not entirely clear, but there is a possibility.
I was in a Zoom meeting yesterday morning, and the people from the valley kept telling us how hot it was getting (above 110 in some places). I playfully typed into the chat that San Pedro was getting into the upper 70s and if it kept up, I might have to leave the meeting. Today, San Pedro hit 100.
I spent 1/2 my childhood in woodland hills and I don't ever remember temps like this week. Not anywhere close.