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When Is the Temperature Outside Too High for Your Body?<!-- wp:html --><p>REMO CASILLI</p> <p><em><strong>By W. Larry Kenney, Daniel Vecellio, Rachel Cottle, and S. Tony Wolf</strong></em></p> <p>Extreme heat has been breaking records <a href="https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/heatwave-grips-southern-europe">across Europe</a>, <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/dangerous-heat-waves-hit-parts-of-asia-us-and-europe/video-66251132">Asia</a> and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/global-heat-wave-weather-temperatures-07-18-23/index.html">North America</a>, with millions of people sweltering in heat and humidity well above “normal” for days on end.</p> <p>Death Valley hit a temperature of <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSVegas/status/1680701657167048704">128 degrees Fahrenheit</a> (53.3 degrees Celsius) on July 16, 2023—not quite the world’s hottest day on record, but close. Phoenix broke a record heat streak with <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-weather/2023/07/18/phoenix-hits-110-degrees-for-record-19th-day-in-a-row/70426475007/">19 straight days</a> with temperatures above 110 F (43.3 C), and had more in the forecast, accompanied by several nights that never got below 90 F (32.2 C). Globally, Earth likely had its <a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/preliminary-data-shows-hottest-week-record-unprecedented-sea-surface-temperatures-and">hottest week on modern record</a> in early July.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/heat-wave-when-is-the-temperature-outside-too-high-for-your-body">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

REMO CASILLI

By W. Larry Kenney, Daniel Vecellio, Rachel Cottle, and S. Tony Wolf

Extreme heat has been breaking records across Europe, Asia and North America, with millions of people sweltering in heat and humidity well above “normal” for days on end.

Death Valley hit a temperature of 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.3 degrees Celsius) on July 16, 2023—not quite the world’s hottest day on record, but close. Phoenix broke a record heat streak with 19 straight days with temperatures above 110 F (43.3 C), and had more in the forecast, accompanied by several nights that never got below 90 F (32.2 C). Globally, Earth likely had its hottest week on modern record in early July.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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