Sunday August 13th… Dear diary. The only heat advisories for today are in coastal areas of Texas: As stated on Saturday there should be some areas of fairly typical, but dangerous, heat across portions of the South this week. I’m not willing to arbitrarily designate what will happen a “heat wave,” though. This fairly looking […]
Heat Diary 2017
A daily track of climate change-related heat trends across the United States during the summer months.
Summer Heat Diary… August 10-11, 2017
Friday June 11th… Dear diary. Today should be the last day of heat wave #5. Yeah! Smoke has plagued the Pacific Northwest in association with the heat wave this entire month. Here is a recent satellite image from NWS Boise: Many stations are reporting unhealthy air. Southwest flow tomorrow should remove much of this smoke. […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 8-9, 2017
Wednesday August 9th… Dear diary. Today’s main topic is the smoky pollution in association with the current heat wave in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve see smoke advisories (in grey) posted for a while now: The heat remains a problem too noting the purple and orange colored advisories. Here is one of the many media stories […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 5-7, 2017
Monday August 7th… Dear diary. Since there won’t be many locations across the U.S. with dangerous heat, I’m going to give a brief meteorology lesson expounding more on the Hudson Bay low and the North Atlantic Oscillation and their ramifications for U.S. weather. Let’s look at the current weather pattern. This chart is valid for […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 3-4, 2017
Friday Evening Updates… Dear diary. Most of this afternoon I have been processing NCEI data that updated through 8/2/17. Indeed, July 2017 came in at a ratio of approximately 4-1 of record daily high maxes to daily low minimums, and July was the 32nd consecutive month since November 2014 of more daily high records than […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 1-2, 2017
Wednesday Evening Updates… Dear diary. Here are today’s national maxes: Let’s concentrate only on what occurred in the western coastal states. Daily records were set from central California northward through Washington and Oregon. Maxes did not top out at all-time levels in Medford and Portland OR but came close. Here is a breakdown of some […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 29-31, 2017
Monday July 31st… Dear diary. July has been a notably torrid month in two large American cities. Both Miami and Salt Lake City have had their hottest month in their history. Most of the record highs in July were set during the third major heat wave of the season during the first week of the […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 27-28, 2017
Friday Evening Update… Here are Friday’s maxes: The only truly toasty states were California and Texas. The Gulf Coastal area was typically hot and humid south of a front. Most of the nation east of the Rockies was enjoying delightful temperatures. The Climate Guy Friday July 28th… Dear diary. The temperature regime across the U.S. […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 25-26, 2017
Wednesday Evening Update… Dear Diary. Here are today’s highs: Our “low grade” heat wave continued for much of the central and southern Plains, Mississippi Valley, and South. Wednesday was the last day of high heat for St. Louis. Will Atlanta ever get above 94F this summer? Stay tuned. The Climate Guy Wednesday July 26th… Dear […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 23-24, 2017
Monday July 23rd… Dear diary. In the last couple of weeks there have been dire media articles forecasting humanities demise should carbon pollution go unchecked and not be very substantially limited as we roll along through the 21st century. At the very least there are forecasts that some areas of our planet will become “uninhabitable” […]