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Jul 30, 2021 · A record-shattering heatwave took its toll on the Northwest US and Southwest Canada in late June. It was the “most extreme” summer heatwave ever recorded in North America, a new analysis...
Jun 23, 2021 · Daytime high temperatures across the western United States on June 13–19*, 2021, (see larger version) according to data from NOAA's Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA). Temperatures reached over 115°F in parts of the Southwest. Climate.gov animation based on NOAA RTMA data.
Jun 20, 2024 · The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group studied excess heat between May and early June, when the US heatwave was concentrated in south-west states including California, Nevada and...
Jul 24, 2023 · Large portions of the United States are sweating through oppressive conditions that show no signs of easing, accompanied by a growing death toll. Phoenix, one of America’s hottest cities, has...
May 4, 2022 · In June 2021, a record-breaking heat wave affected North America. The Canadian town of Lytton broke local temperature records by 4.6°C, setting a national temperature record of 49.6°C (10). The temperatures were so high that claims were made at the time that Earth system models (ESMs) could not reproduce them (11).
Jun 27, 2024 · It shows the U.S. Annual Heat Wave Index, which tracks the occurrence of heat wave conditions across the contiguous 48 states from 1895 to 2021. This index defines a heat wave as a period lasting at least four days with an average temperature that would only be expected to persist over four days once every 10 years, based on the historical record.
Nov 24, 2022 · Unprecedented heat conditions in the North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) in late June and early July 2021 affected millions of people, probably led to deaths in the thousands and...
