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It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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[–] agent_flounder 2 points 1 year ago

Having lived in southern Arizona it doesn't sound like the temperatures are higher than when I was a kid. Every summer on the hot days you could easily get burned touching metal seat belt buckles or have asphalt melt onto your shoes in parking lots.

But I guess the number of days it was above 110 is the unusual part. You would get a few days here and there but not so many days in a row as we are seeing.

Clearly the weather is going to seem weirder and weirder to older people. More extremes and less predictable patterns (e.g. it has not rained so many days in may in Colorado in the 30 years I've been here).