The United Arab Emirates registered a sizzling 51.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday, breaking its May temperature record for the second day in a row. The desert nation lies in one of the world's hottest…

The United Arab Emirates breached its May temperature record for the second day in a row, hitting 51.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to the National Center of Meteorology.

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    • Pyro@programming.dev
      3·
      13 days ago

      Outside feels like being in an oven. Air conditioning is basically a necessity at those temps.

      • Obi@sopuli.xyz
        6·
        13 days ago

        That kind of temperature can literally be deadly, depending on humidity (wet bulb temperature).

        • Pyro@programming.dev
          3·
          13 days ago

          UAE’s climate is also very dry so here dehydration and heat-stroke are big concerns even in the shade.

  • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    12 days ago

    We’ll be reading headlines like this every year for decades, until enough people die that governments finally rebel against their owners and stop the corporations, or we all die in nuclear war over who gets the last bit of water and food.