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Temperatures above the historical average have exacerbated the drought. Despite some frosty mornings over the interior Northeast, the dryness of both the air and the ground has led to warm afternoons.
The heat and lack of rainfall "combined with the fact that the next several weeks will feature the most intense solar energy of the year, puts this area at particular risk for a flash drought to ...
The Chicago temperatures exceeded the 1995 Chicago heat wave, which claimed over 750 lives, although humidity and registered dew points were higher during that heat wave. [30] Through the first five days of July, the mean temperature in Chicago averaged 86.4 °F (30.2 °C), 13.2 °F (7 °C) above normal, the hottest since 1911. [31]
The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) is Chicago's climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy that was adopted in September 2008. [1] The CCAP has an overarching goal of reducing Chicago's greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, with an interim goal of 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
Extreme heat is gripping the Midwest before moving into the Northeast. Chicago is in the center of an excessive heat warning that stretches north to Madison, Wisconsin, and south to Springfield ...
More than 100 million people were put on heat alerts, and over 85% of the country had temperatures at or above 90 °F (32 °C). A man died in Dallas County, Texas, and a heat emergency was triggered in Washington DC due to temperatures over 95 °F (35 °C), on the weekend of July 23–24. This extreme heat severely intensifies drought conditions.
For Maryland, 53% of the state is now under a SEVERE drought with 4% in EXTREME drought. Baltimore saw its last measurable rainfall back on Oct. 1 of 0.35 inches. Baltimore averages 38.94 inches ...
Higher temperatures will yield more heat waves like the 1995 Chicago heat wave. [8] According to the National Weather Service, heat is a leading contributor to weather-related deaths. [9] Increases in temperature are especially dangerous in cities like Chicago, which experience the urban heat island effect. Future heat waves will yield similar ...