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

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.

  • Krauerking
    8·
    1 year ago

    You do understand that it was invented by a German/Polish physicist right? Like it’s stupidly designed but they came out at the same time roughly 300 years ago and anglo countries all loved fahrenheit until literally the 1960s when sentiment changed and we are pushing towards Celsius. It hasn’t been that long and it takes a lot of effort to change everything to a new system.

    Ask a Canadian to set their oven or ask any older UK citizen the temp and you have a good (for the ovens 100%) chance of getting those dumb “freedom units”

    Have gates open for people getting better and working towards stuff. We all start somewhere and being a cunt about things doesn’t inspire change.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      14·
      1 year ago

      I’m just pointing it out, in a way I hope people get. Metric is way superior and allows for easy calculations between energy, weight, distance and temperature.

      Freedom units are not even consistent within one system, weights are all over the place, with ounces pounds stones, length is just as bad, with inches, feet and miles. There is not even some kind of internal consistency.

      What I guess I wish for a start, is that articles stop using Imperial exclusively. Then over time transition away from Imperial will be easier.

      I’m sorry if some people choose to be offended, there is no way any individual person is responsible for this, so it is quite illogical to be offended about it.