
‘Dante’s Inferno’ in Chile: Temps Reach 113 F
By Jeff Masters The first all-time national heat record of 2017 was set in spectacular fashion on Thursday in Chile, where at least 12 different stations recorded a temperature in excess of the nation’s previous all-time heat record—a 41.6 C (106.9 F) reading at Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 1944. According to international weather records […]