Phoenix, where the last day of June and each day of July has been at least 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius), set records for the longest mega-heat streak and longest stretch when the temperatures didn’t go below 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius) at night.Įl Paso, Texas, had 44 days of 100 degree (37 degree) heat. But it’s individual places where people live that the heat has stuck around and killed. Globally, June this year was the hottest June on record - and scientists say July has been so hot that even before the month was over they could say it was the hottest month on record. Here’s a rundown of the summer of Earth's discontent. “We’re going to be seeing this pretty much this year and into next year" with a natural El Nino warming of the Pacific adding to the overwhelming influence of human-caused climate change largely from the burning of coal, oil and gas. “This story, these impacts, are going to continue,” Schmidt said. Yet she added that it matters “because it shows again just how much climate change plays a role in what we are currently experiencing.”
Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto said examining what's causing heat waves is “boring” in a way since it keeps happening. and in Europe, in China are demolishing records left, right and center. “The heat waves that we’re seeing in the U.S. “We are seeing unprecedented changes all over the world,” said NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. Smoke from wildfires that chokes.Įxpect a hotter than normal August and September, American and European forecast centers predict.
(AP) - At about summer's halfway point, the record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising, hellish yet boring in some ways, scientists say. People watch the stand atop a rock formation to watch sunset, July 30, 2023, in Phoenix.
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