Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record

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Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record

By: Admin - Climate DepotAugust 17, 2020 4:09 PM

http://climaterealism.com/2020/08/media-hypes-130f-death-valley-temperature-but-its-still-short-of-the-134f-record/
Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record
Climate Realism / by Anthony Watts / 4h

On Sunday, August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada sent out a Tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley:

Predictably, the media jumped on this number with the Los Angeles Times saying“…possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913“. Even the Drudge Report got into the act putting the 130°F temperature headline front and center.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/08/17/media-hypes-130f-death-valley-temperature-but-its-still-short-of-the-134f-record/