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 […]
June 2017 Record Temperature Count Summary
Ok. That “streak” of consecutive months of more daily record highs than daily record lows for the U.S. is now up to 31 in the National Center for Environmental Information is up to 31. So what other trends in the June 2017 numbers can we spot? When we start breaking down the numbers that trend […]
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 […]
Summer 2017 Heat Diary… Log 4… June 20-24
Tuesday June 20th… Dear diary. Today it is the summer solstice, so we are getting into prime time for dangerous heat across the U.S. Already in June we have seen a week of high heat in the Northeast and are in the midst of a prolonged heatwave in the Southwest. See my prior logs here noting […]
Summer 2017 Heat Diary… Log 3… June 14-20
Wednesday June 14th… Dear diary. As surmised yesterday our emphasis on extreme heat will turn to the Southwest where excessive heat watches and warnings have already been posted. You can look at my heat diary for prior days in June here: https://guyonclimate.com/2017/06/07/summer-2017-heat-diary-log-two-june-7-14/ As I will continue to emphasize, the first clue to look at for extreme temperatures is […]
May 2017 Most Extreme U.S. Temperatures
With summer heat in full swing I have been blogging away on other issues, but I have not forgotten about our monthly extreme temperature record awards.😊 In previous posts on this site and on Weather Underground I introduced the weather and climate world to the concept of an Extreme Temperature Index. Once more lets apply […]