The career of Indian classical music in the western world began roughly three years later, when George Harrison, alerted to Ravi Shankar's virtuosity by the Byrds, took a short crash course in the sitar from the Indian musician.
In 1911, the first permanent weather station was established at what is now Furnace Creek Ranch. On July 10, 1913, the weather station measured a record high of 134 F (57 C), a temperature that has not been beat anywhere in the United States since. [Related: The Harshest Environments on Earth ].
July is the hottest month of the year for most large US cities. Daytime temperatures above 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius) regularly occur nearly everywhere. The exceptions are cities along the Pacific coast.Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego stay cooler than elsewhere.hoenix and Las Vegas top the list this month of the hottest major cities in the United States with July temperatures averaging highs of well over 100 F (38 C) by day and nights that usually remain above 80 degrees F.