The Southern Plains, the Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes, and the Deep South are all experiencing warming temperatures for the third week in a row, affecting much of the country.
Temperature in Central US
(Photo Dead Lance King / Getty Images)
(Photo Dead Lance King / Getty Images)
To begin the week, 11 major cities set daily temperature records, with a record 101 degrees Fahrenheit in Minneapolis on Monday.
88 degrees, the 1993 highest record, the highest for that day.
In the Ohio Valley and Southeast Wednesday, 21 temperature records were broken. Both Nashville and Charlotte broke previous records in North Carolina by 101 degrees.
Meanwhile, Georgia’s Macon hit 105 degrees, breaking the previous record set by 1988.
The National Weather Service has issued warnings for nearly 25 million people from Texas to South Georgia until Thursday morning.
This week, the Great Lakes area had daytime altitudes, reaching 20 degrees Fahrenheit[20 ° C]for the year, reaching the mid-90s.
The temperature in Chicago this week was 99 degrees Celsius, but on Tuesday Detroit hit a record high of 96 degrees Celsius in 1933.
According to Alex Lamers, a meteorologist at Rockford Illinois and Toledo Ohio, 80 miles northwest of Chicago, they reached 100 degrees on Tuesday.
This week’s temperature rise is a high-pressure event that meteorologists call a “heat sink,” which acts as a pot lid.
According to Brian Harley, a meteorologist, the focus was on the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio earlier in the week.
Atlanta was high on Tuesday, 95 degrees Celsius, three degrees lower than the 1933 record.
Moist air usually keeps the temperature within the maximum range (although humidity may seem high).
By Wednesday, it had reached 98 degrees Fahrenheit (1964).
On Wednesday, warnings were issued for the vast Sacramento and Bay region of northern California. The highest off the coast were in the 90’s but no more than 100 degrees.
The northeastern regions have largely eliminated heat. However, other cities, including Philadelphia and New York, are expected to warm up this weekend to the lowest 90s.
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Wildfires break record in Alaska
A record hectare of land in Alaska was burned down this month, evicting Americans from their homes, declining air quality, and taxing fire safety resources.
Authorities have already burned more than 1 million acres this weekend, the first time in history that the state has shown such a high level.
More than 300 wildfires have erupted in recent weeks as a result of unusually hot and dry climates caused by climate change.
The East Fork fire, which burned more than 165,000 acres[165,000 ha]and is currently the fifth-largest fire in the state, is one of more than 100 fires currently burning.
Prolonged growth seasons have increased the thickness of the tundra flora and led to an increase in wildfires in recent years, a reflection of some of the changes the state is experiencing due to climate change.
According to the International Arctic Research Center More than 2.5 hectares of land burned in the last two decades between 2001 and 2020.
The city of St. Mary’s, home to 600 people, accessible only by boat or jungle, near the mouth of the Yukon River, was hit by a fire this month.
Authorities have decided to give evicted residents a choice as they grow closer to the city.
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