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Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery for millions of people from the Pacific Northwest to the South.
A man wears sun protective clothing as he mows grass along Montopolis Drive and Ben White Boulevard Monday, June 12, 2023.
How hot is it? Here's how this Texas heat wave compares to record temperatures.
The highest temperature ever measured in Texas was 120 °F (48.9 °C), recorded on August 12, 1936 in Seymour, during the 1936 North American Heatwave, and again on June 28, 1994 in Monahans. The lowest temperature ever measured in Texas was −23 °F (−30.6 °C), recorded on February 8, 1933 in Seminole .
For methylmercury, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has estimated a safe daily intake level of 0.1 μg/kg body weight per day. [ 19 ] The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that exposures to mercury metal be limited to an average of 0.05 mg/m 3 over a 10-hour workday in addition to a ceiling ...
[18] [19] The city would go on to record three more days of temperatures above the pre-2024 record of 117 °F (47 °C). [20] On July 8, the Third Avenue Bridge stopped working and was closed down due to the heat; temperatures in New York City that day were 95 °F (35 °C). [21] On July 16, the New Jersey Transit experienced delays due to the ...
Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures and putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings.
The Greenland halibut is a cold-water species found at depths from near the surface to 2,200 m (7,200 ft), but mainly between 500 and 1,000 m (1,600 and 3,300 ft). [2] It is mainly found in waters with temperatures from 1 to 4 °C (34–39 °F), but has also been observed at subzero temperatures down to −2.1 °C (28.2 °F).