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A fall heat wave peaking Wednesday and Thursday is expected to push temperatures in Southern California up to 15 degrees above normal for this time of year and potentially break heat records in ...
San Francisco, known for having temperate weather most of the year, could see the heat spike in the mid-90s, as a high pressure system traps warmth over a pocket of the western U.S.
The core of the heat sweltering in the western part of the United States will slowly shift inland into mid-September, but it will take until early this week before coastal areas of Southern ...
This page documents notable droughts and heat waves worldwide in 2020.. Throughout the year, various countries' hottest ever recorded temperature records were broken. The highest temperature during the year was on August 16, when a weather station in Death Valley in the U.S. state of California recorded an air temperature of 129.6 °F (54.2 °C), the hottest temperature recorded globally in ...
By June 2018, the Mexican government issued a state of emergency to more than 300 municipalities. In early July 2018, the heat wave in Quebec, Canada caused about 74 deaths. In July, the heat wave in Southern California caused many power outages, where over 34,000 Los Angeles customers serviced by LADWP had no power for over one week. In ...
A major heat wave affected the Midwestern United States on August 23 and 24. Prior to the heat wave, 126 million Americans were under heat alerts. [134] At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, temperatures hit 98 °F (37 °C) on August 23, with a heat index reaching 116 °F (47 °C). On August 24, temperatures hit 100 °F (38 °C) at O'Hare ...
As an unrelenting heat wave enters its 39th consecutive day, millions of people from California to Florida are asking: When will it end? The prospects look grim as a heat dome bounces about the ...
Intense heat continued into August. In early August, a heat wave forced 80 million Americans under heat alerts. [38] Albany, New York set a new daily record high of 99 °F (37 °C) on August 4. [39] On August 7, Portland set a high temperature record of 96 °F (36 °C). [40] Boston set a new daily record high on August 8, at 98 °F (37 °C). [41]