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The Earth is on track to experience another record-breaking summer, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits around the globe. In the U.S., over 140 million people were under extreme heat ...
5. Georgia. Statewide Average Maximum Temperature in 2023: 76.5°F 1901-2000 Mean: 75.1°F Hottest County: Chatham County Georgia's summer was marked by extended heat waves that impacted both ...
The summer featured the hottest day on record: July 22, 2024, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record ...
The drought and heat wave conditions led many Midwestern cities to experience record heat. In Kansas City, Missouri, the high temperature was below 90 °F (32 °C) only twice and soared above the century mark (100 °F or 38 °C) for 17 days straight; in Memphis, Tennessee, the temperature reached an all-time high of 108 °F (42 °C) on July 13, 1980, part of a 15-day stretch of temperatures ...
A period of unusually hot summer weather occurred in the British Isles during the summer of 1976. At the same time, there was a severe drought on the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. [2] [3] It was one of the driest, sunniest and warmest summers (June/July/August) in the 20th century, although the summer of 1995 is now regarded as the ...
The heat wave was caused by a large high pressure system that traversed across the midwest United States. This system was consistently producing maximum temperatures in the 90's °F (32-38 °C) during the day with minimum temperatures still remaining as high as the 80s °F (27-32 °C) at night, which is abnormal for midwest summer months. [8]
Chicago hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the city's daily record of 97 degrees. On Wednesday, the heat moved east. Record highs were shattered in Washington, D,C., which reached 101 degrees ...
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.