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The highest reliably recorded temperature in the world, [6] [7] 134 °F (56.7 °C), was recorded in Death Valley on July 10, 1913. Temperatures of 130 °F (54 °C) or higher have been recorded as recently as 2005. The 24-hour average July temperature in Death Valley is 101.8 °F (38.8 °C) (1981–2010 NCDC Normals).
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Climate data for Sacramento 5 ESE, California (Sacramento State [5]), 1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1877–present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
[2] [5] The number of days in May and June that are "gloomy" varies from year to year. Anomalies in sea surface temperature can be used to forecast the length and intensity of the June Gloom phenomenon in a given season. [2] Years with warmer ocean temperatures, referred to as El Niño, may result in fewer gray days in May and June. [6]
[18] On July 5, Palm Springs, California reached 124 °F (51 °C), breaking the record for the city's highest temperature. [19] On July 6, Redding, California saw 119 °F (48.3 °C) temperatures, breaking its all-time record. [20] That day, it was reported that Phoenix, Arizona had seen 13 heat-related deaths in 2024, with 160 more unconfirmed. [4]
[28] 42% of its severity is due to temperature rise as a result of climate change. 88% of the area was drought-stricken. The flow of the Colorado river supplying water to 7 states had "shrank to the lowest two-year average in more than a century of record keeping." If the temperature rise will continue the drought will become worse. [29]
Source 2: Met Office (humidity), [5] Weather Atlas (UV) [6 ^ The coordinates of the station are 37°46′14″N 122°25′37″W / 37.7706°N 122.4269°W / 37.7706; -122 Precipitation, high temperature, low temperature, snow, and snow depth records date from October 1, 1849; June 1, 1874; January 1, 1875; January 1, 1876; and ...
The wettest “rain year” from July to the following June was 1883/1884 with 38.18 inches (969.8 mm), and the driest 2006/2007 with 3.21 inches (81.5 mm). [41] The greatest rainfall in one month was 15.80 inches (401.3 mm) in December 1889, which also had the most days – twenty – receiving at least 0.01 inches (0.3 mm) of rain.