EditorialAn EVgo charging station at the parking lot of The World's Tallest Thermometer in Baker, Calif., April 18, 2019. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialVisitors take photos in front of the thermometer at the visitors center in Furnace Creek at Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 20?21. (Roger Kisby/The New York Times)
EditorialA thermometer and Covid-19 log at a restaurant in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Dec. 11, 2020. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)