How far from a forest fire do you have to be for a daily temperature record to count? (lemmy.world)

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There have been some impressive (and scary) temperature records set in the past couple weeks. That said, there are parts of Canada that are currently on fire that likely have a daily temperature in the hundreds of degrees. Clearly that doesn't count for any sort of temperature record. What I'm wondering is: where's the dividing line? How far away from a big fire do you have to be to record a valid daily temperature?

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[-] lolola@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Good question. I don't have a good answer. I just wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on how concisely this question captures the moment we're living in.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

It's like, people talk about the hottest temperature on earth being recorded in Death Valley, and I'm like "That can't be true; volcanoes exist."

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