Saturday Evening Updates… Torrid conditions continue across much of the Plains, Mississippi Valley and South due to the combination of high dew points above 70 and high temps above 90F, so for this evening I’ll present a couple of areas that local news organizations have highlighted for high heat indices: The first is from Arden […]
Heat Diary 2017
A daily track of climate change-related heat trends across the United States during the summer months.
Summer Heat Diary… July 19, 20…2017
Thursday Evening Updates… Dear diary. Yes, as Glen Frey would sing, the heat is on in late July, and it’s really on in Arkansas considering the Heat Index. Check out these numbers from this afternoon from Barry Brandt: Here are Thursday’s highs: Widespread readings at or above 100F were common in the Plains. It got […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 17,18 2017
Tuesday Evening Updates… Dear diary. The heat is on, says the Glen Frey song, in the nation’s heartland. The area of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings have expanded from South Dakota into Kentucky: I would expect advisories will go up for the middle and late week across much of the Northeast and Middle Atlantic. […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 15-16, 2017
Sunday July 16th… Dear diary. Red alert! This morning’s run of the models is now forecasting a significant heat wave starting in the Plains then spreading eastward this week. The first heat wave of the season mainly affected the Eastern Seaboard in early June. The second and third heat waves mostly set records in the […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 13-14, 2017
Friday Evening Updates… Dear diary. Its too bad that drought relief in California and other western states last winter has led to enough growth to fuel large wildfires rampaging through the West. One season’s ground growth + early summer record heat = large conflagration. 😢 This map from the National Interagency Fire Center shows that […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 11-12, 2017
Wednesday evening update… Dear diary. A mini heat wave is underway in the South, Mid-Atlantic and southern portions of the Midwest. St. Louis was very hot with a max of 103F. Their record high was 110F set in 1954, so during what is climatologically the hottest time of the year, it takes quite the heat […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 9-10, 2017
Monday evening July 10th updates… Here are today’s maxes for major reporting stations: The century+ readings that occurred in South Dakota and Nebraska yesterday moved south into Kansas today. I have not seen reports of records, but a few may come from California, which continues to swelter. How about another quick meteorology lesson? We can […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 7-8, 2017
Saturday July 8th… Dear diary. Here are my evening updates. These were today’s national highs: Notice that Salt Lake City in the heart of our western ridge reached 104F. It was oppressive along the coast of southern California where some stations reported dew points above 70: Wow! Downtown Los Angeles broke a record that was […]
Summer Heat Diary… Log 6… July 1-7
Thursday July 6th… Dear diary. The upper ridge in association with the western heat wave will have its first peak today. The West may get a brief respite from extreme heat as the ridge weakens allowing some dusty monsoon storms to develop, but the heat will remain dangerous across a broad area as stated yesterday […]
Summer 2017 Heat Diary… Log 5… June 24-30
Friday June 30th… Dear diary. It is the end of June so one third of meteorological summer is in the rear view mirror. Time flies! At the end of June it is time to take stock on record statistics with climate change ramifications. I’ll put out a separate post in early July as a June 2017 climate summary […]