Las Vegas hits record of fifth consecutive day of 115 degrees or greater as heat wave scorches US
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Even by desert standards, the prolonged baking that Nevada’s largest city is experiencing is nearly unprecedented.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer as the desert city is on track Wednesday to set a record for the most consecutive days over 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) amid a lingering hot spell that will continue scorching much of the U.S. into the weekend.

On Tuesday, Las Vegas flirted again with the all-time temperature record of 120 F (48.8 C) reached on Sunday, but settled for a new daily mark of 119 F (48.3 C) that smashed the old one of 116 F (46.6 C) set for the date in 2021. Forecasters say the city will likely hit a record fifth straight day above 115 F (46.1 C) on Wednesday.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    975·
    5 months ago

    Hey, corporate news - why don’t you treat this like it’s some kind of outlier that will surely ‘go back to normal’ to tomorrow, and not the first stages of the entire planet-wide ecosystem breakdown because we let corporate news not hold big oil accountable?

    It’ll all be fine, we just have to ignore it, right?

    • Kalkaline
      39·
      5 months ago

      Aren’t we in the 15th straight month of record global temperatures?

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      [June] marked the 12th straight month that the world was 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial times, the European climate service Copernicus said. Most of this heat, trapped by human-caused climate change, is from long-term warming from greenhouse gases emitted by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, scientists say.

    • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      5 months ago

      Gaia to humans: “Quit fucking around, or I will kill you all.”

        • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          5 months ago

          True, but nature doesn’t have a mechanism to punish oil company executives only.

            • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
              1·
              5 months ago

              Harder to get a hold of those assholes while they’re not in home soil. They’ll flee to [random tax heaven] on their private jets or yachts before we can even properly mobilize, all while drinking champagne.

      • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        5 months ago

        Gaia to humans: “Whatever, do what you want. I’ll still be here whether you are or not.”