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Temperature State or territory Location Date recorded Highest average monthly maximum temperature [7] 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) Western Australia: Marble Bar: December Longest hot spell [7] 160 days above 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924 Greatest diurnal temperature range [7] 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) to 44.2 °C (111.6 °F)
To save electricity costs, most pools run water pumps for between 6 hours and 12 hours in summer with the pump being controlled by an electronic timer. Most pool pumps available today incorporate a small filter basket as the last effort to avoid leaf or hair contamination reaching the close-tolerance impeller section of the pump.
A mudpot, or mud pool, is a type of acidic hot spring, or fumarole, with limited water. It usually takes the form of a pool of bubbling mud , as a result of the acid and microorganisms decomposing surrounding rock into clay and mud.
Over the course of decades, individual wells draw down local temperatures and water levels. The three oldest sites, at Larderello, Wairakei, and the Geysers experienced reduced output because of local depletion. Heat and water, in uncertain proportions, were extracted faster than they were replenished.
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and may be found as a ...
Jacumba Hot Springs (/ h ə ˈ k uː m b ə / hə-KOOM-bə) is an unincorporated community in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California, United States.For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau defined Jacumba as a census-designated place (CDP) for the first time in the 2010 census, with a population of 561.
Temperatures often top 49 °C (120 °F) at Death Valley during the summer months. [2] The standard measuring conditions for temperature are in the air, 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above the ground, and shielded from direct sunlight. [3] Global surface temperatures as a whole have been monitored since the 1880s when record keeping began. [4]
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a large acrylic-on-canvas pop art painting by British artist David Hockney, completed in May 1972.It measures 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m), [1] and depicts two figures: one swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down at the swimmer.