Intlambo yokufa, I-California irekhode ubushushu obuphezulu obuyi-130°F (54.4C)) ngo-3:41 PM PDT ngeCawa, nge-16 ka-Agasti, 2020. Obu bushushu bulinganiswe e-Furnace Creek kufutshane neZiko leeNdwendwe kusetyenziswa iNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe ephethwe yinkqubo yokuqwalasela ezenzekelayo. Oku kuqwalaselwe ubushushu obuphezulu kuthathwa njengesiqalo kwaye akukabikho ngokusemthethweni.
Ukuba iqinisekisiwe, eli iya kuba lelona qondo lobushushu lishushu eliqinisekiswe ngokusemthethweni ukusukela ngoJulayi ka-1913, eDeath Valley. Njengoko oku kuyi isiganeko sobushushu obugqithisileyo, iqondo lobushushu elirekhodiweyo liya kufuna ukuphononongwa ngokusesikweni. I-Climate Extremes Committee iya kusekwa ukuze iqinisekise ubunyani bokufundwa kwe-130°F.
Iqondo lobushushu elibeka irekhodi phakathi kokunyuka kwamaqondo obushushu ehlabathi ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu yinkxalabo emandla kwindalo esingqongileyo elwa nobushushu behlabathi kunye imo iyatshintsha. Unxweme lonke lwaseNtshona lwase-US lujongene nobushushu okulindeleke ukuba bube buninzi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo okanye kunjalo.
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IYunivesithi yase-Iowa State 2020. INkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe iMveliso yombhalo okrwada. Ukubonisa i-AFOS PIL: PNSVEF Ifunyenwe: 2020-08-17 01:28 UTC. Iyafumaneka kwi-intanethi https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSVEF&e=202008170128
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) at 3:41 PM PDT on Sunday, August 16, 2020. This temperature was measured at Furnace Creek near the Visitors Center using a National Weather Service owned automated observation system. This observed high temperature is considered preliminary and not yet official. ){kind=link}