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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Tue May 8, 2018, 06:25 AM May 2018

Pakistan hit 122.3F this week and that's a scary record for April

Maybe we will all just fry so we don't have to worry about nursing homes.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/4/1761996/-Pakistan-hit-122-3-F-this-week-and-that-s-a-scary-record-for-April

Pakistan hit 122.3°F this week and that's a scary record for April
Walter Einenkel
Daily Kos Staff
Friday May 04, 2018 · 11:46 AM EDT


According to the New York Times, temperature highs in Nawabshah, Pakistan, have not dropped below 113°F all week. The rest of Pakistan and India have also seen triple digit numbers as they have been experiencing what is being politely called a “heat wave.”

A large area of high pressure over the Indian Ocean, known as a heat dome, is to blame. Another heat dome brought 113.9-degree temperatures to Nawabshah in March, setting a national record for that month. Several other countries in Asia also broke their heat records for March. And temperatures will only increase as spring turns to summer.


According to Al Jazeera, the city of Nawabshah reached a temperature of 122.3° F on Monday, making this is a “global record” for the month of April. Yay?

It was subsequently confirmed by the Pakistan Meteorological Department as the highest temperature recorded in the country in April.

Records extend back as far as the 1930s. (The previous Pakistan April record of 50.0C (122F) was set only the previous year.)

Nawabshah, with a population of 1.1 million, lies in Sindh province, around 180km to the northeast of Karachi.


To put this into perspective, in recorded history, very few days have been hotter.

The highest temperature recognized by the World Meteorological Organization at any time of year is 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius), recorded in Death Valley in 1913, but the validity of that measurement has been questioned. Some prominent meteorologists, including Mr. Burt, believe that the highest reliably recorded temperature is 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit (54 degrees Celsius), reached in Death Valley in 2013 and Kuwait in 2016.


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Pakistan hit 122.3F this week and that's a scary record for April (Original Post) babylonsister May 2018 OP
Three years ago when I was in Calcutta, Paka May 2018 #1
Hottest I have experienced is 117 Demovictory9 May 2018 #9
Those are sauna levels bucolic_frolic May 2018 #2
Try Arizona LittleGirl May 2018 #3
At what point does it become impossible to survive? kentuck May 2018 #5
It's not a heat wave. LittleGirl May 2018 #6
How are these temperatures not killing people? tclambert May 2018 #4
And the Arctic is . . . peggysue2 May 2018 #7
It's a dry heat. nt Abu Pepe May 2018 #8

Paka

(2,760 posts)
1. Three years ago when I was in Calcutta,
Tue May 8, 2018, 07:06 AM
May 2018

...it was 125 degrees Fahrenheit (52 degrees Celsius) the day I left. Hottest temperatures recorded there in a decade.

LittleGirl

(8,261 posts)
3. Try Arizona
Tue May 8, 2018, 08:52 AM
May 2018

in June. Tucson has hit 110+ and Phoenix and Yuma even more so. It's pretty common here in June. Then the monsoons start in late June, early July and you want to escape the humidity. The monsoon storms are quite entertaining though. That is when cabin fever in July, Aug and Sept happens.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
5. At what point does it become impossible to survive?
Tue May 8, 2018, 09:30 AM
May 2018

If there is a power outage and no air-conditioning, how many people would not make it thru one of those heat waves?

LittleGirl

(8,261 posts)
6. It's not a heat wave.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:29 AM
May 2018

That's normal in these parts. They have cooling stations for power outages but knock wood, we've never had one of those in the past 5 yrs in my neighborhood. It would be miserable.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
7. And the Arctic is . . .
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:50 AM
May 2018

also having another heat wave.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/05/07/another-extreme-heat-wave-strikes-the-north-pole/?utm_term=.fe17c2d6e3a0

Mother Earth is in trouble. And thus, so are we.

As a side note, my oldest son will be on an Arctic exploration in mid-August. It'll be interesting to see what he reports when he comes back. Although I confess, the whole trip (a two-man operation) makes me nervous as hell.

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