This GFS model shows a simulation of temperatures in degrees Celsius on Saturday afternoon in southeastern Asia. (TropicalTidBits.com) Vietnam broke its record high national temperature Saturday, the latest in records to fall as the world continues to warm. The scorcher set the mercury thermometer soaring to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.4 Celsius) in the community of Huong Khe, a rural district in Ha Tinh province. It’s situated in Vietnam’s northern central coast region, about 150 miles south of the capital, Hanoi. Its average temperature is in the 80s at this time of year. A temperature of 110 degrees is enough to soften your crayons , liquefy chocolate and raise the temperature inside a parked car past 140 degrees . The record was first reported by Etienne Kapikian , a forecaster with Meteo France, France’s meteorological agency. Sweltering heat covered the entire Indochina peninsula over the weekend. Danang hit 100 degrees. […]