Highest ambient temperature ever recorded was in Death Valley in 1913.
In 1540 Europe had an extreme drought and heatwave that lasted 11 months.
I can go on and on. The 2022 heatwave wasn’t any more unusual than any other heat wave throughout history.
I posted about it before:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37455817#37459864
> You have to factor in humidity. > Scottsdale airport currently (1:40PM) is 108F (42.222C) w/ 14% humidity, meaning a wet-bulb of 71.11F (21.72778C).
> London tomorrow at noon is 86F (30C) w/ 52% humidity, meaning a wet-bulb of 72.76F (22.6444C).
> London will actually feel nastier.
the Year 2023 was the Hottest Year on Record to date globally.. each month of 2023 (edit maybe not jan-feb?) was also the hottest recorded globally. The hottest day cumulatively across the world was in 2023. The nine hottest years on record globally were the last nine years.
Please use librarianship and science skills for factual information. multiple references available for the search-impaired
Actually, I think January and February failed to breach the record--the El Nino didn't set up until April.
(But several of the later months absolutely shattered records, as did the year as a whole. 2023 as a whole breached the 2C limit).
You can't think of one pertinent home gadget that was invented between 1911 and now?