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The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been estimated to be between 90 and 100 °C (194 and 212 °F) for dry, darkish soils of low thermal conductivity. [14] While there is no highest confirmed ground temperature , a reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) – the highest ever among unverified claims – was allegedly recorded ...
Haines Index (also known as the Lower Atmosphere Severity Index) is a weather index developed by meteorologist Donald Haines in 1988 that measures the potential for dry, unstable air to contribute to the development of large or erratic wildland fires. [1]
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the highest temperature ever recorded was 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) on 10 July 1913 in Furnace Creek (Greenland Ranch), California, United States, [12] but the validity of this record is challenged as possible problems with the reading have since been discovered.
Citing previous climate research, climate scientist Randy Cerveny of the World Meteorological Organization told USA TODAY that 134 degrees might be close to the highest temperature our planet can ...
While North America’s record 134° F has stood for more than a century, Antarctica and Asia have set temperature records in the past decade. Graphic: Temperature records around the world Skip to ...
The last two components are the rate of fire spread if fuel is available for combustion, and the frontal fire intensity. [2] The essential information needed to calculate this index is: the humidity of the air at the beginning of the afternoon (when it has its lowest value); the temperature in the middle of the afternoon (when it has its ...
The normal high temperature for early October is 65 to 70, the weather service says. The record high for Tuesday's date, Oct. 3, in the Providence area is 83 degrees, set in 1919 and matched in 1922.
2019 Siberia wildfires Russia: 7,800,000 0 [12] 9 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada: 3,000,000 0 [13] 10 2020 California wildfires United States: 1,779,730 33 [14] 11 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia: 1,500,000 0 [15] 12 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada ...