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July 28, 2009

If you like this kinda heat, you probably wouldn't mind playing 18 on the park's Devils Golf Course. Kurt Repanshek photo.

128

Year to date maximum temperature, degrees Fahrenheit, at Furnace Creek (July 18)

124

Today’s forecast high temperature for Furnace Creek

123

Yesterday’s high temperature at Furnace Creek

92

Morning low temperature at Furnace Creek

2.23

Inches precipitation at Furnace Creek in last 12 months.

1.39

Inches precipitation at Furnace Creek, year to date.

Postscript: Relief is on the way! Afternoon temperatures are expected to drop into the high hundred teens by the weekend, with lows in the high 80s.

Traveler trivia, no extra charge: During July 1913, Death Valley recorded five consecutive days of 129 degrees or above. On July 10, a still-standing U.S. record 134 degrees was recorded at Greenland Ranch, a Pacific Coast Borax Company property in Death Valley.

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Submitted by Bob Janiskee on July 30, 2009 - 2:25pm.

Your assumptions are right on the mark, Kirby. Annual physioclimatic stress (total annual mount of heat stress plus cold stress) can be calculated for any location if you've got the requisite weather data (daily temperature, humidity, windspeed, and sunshine conditions). Once you've done the calculations for hundreds of weather stations, it's a simple matter to create maps showing the distribution of physioclimatic stress. Geographer Werner Terjung was doing this back in the 1960s. I can dredge up some of his "comfort climates" maps of the U.S. if you're really interested.

BTW, I wrote my masters thesis in human physiological climatology (a domain of biometeorology) using Terjung's nomograms. It was entitled "The Comfort Climates of Grand Rapids, Michigan: A Dynamic Approach." It's available on microfilm, though I can't imagine why anyone would want to read the damn thing.


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