Joe Rogan Experience #2568 - Ross Edgley · Aired Oct 20, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
A swim event in Lake Trasimeno was held during the hottest month ever recorded in Italy.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Ross says he was told this was Italy's hottest recorded month (382.4 seconds). The initial correction cites a secondary account of a third-hottest July; the official national bulletin inspected here establishes severe July 2023 warmth but does not settle this exact all-month, all-Italy superlative. The record claim stays unresolved rather than carrying a correction beyond the primary evidence.
Read the supporting source · scia.isprambiente.it ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that a swim event in Lake Trasimeno was held during the hottest month ever recorded in Italy?
We can't say yet. 4 seconds). The initial correction cites a secondary account of a third-hottest July; the official national bulletin inspected here establishes severe July 2023 warmth but does not settle this exact all-month, all-Italy superlative. Ross Edgley said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2568 - Ross Edgley, aired Oct 20, 2026, at 6:23. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is scia.isprambiente.it, linked below.
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