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2. Texas. Statewide Average Maximum Temperature in 2023: 79.2°F. 1901-2000 Mean: 77.1°F. Hottest County: Webb County. The Lone Star State's pressure-cooker climate keeps it consistently toasty ...
Minimum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888 Maximum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888. The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. [1]
1901 – 1901 eastern United States heat wave killed 9,500 in the Eastern United States. 1906 – during the 1906 United Kingdom heat wave which began in August and lasted into September broke numerous records. On September 2 temperatures reached 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), which still holds the September record, however some places beat their local ...
Some of the most populated cities across the United States are also some of the hottest places to be during the summer with temperatures regularly climbing above 100 F. Many cities don't come ...
As many as 5,000 heat-related deaths were reported in the United States, [3] [34] and 780 direct and 400 indirect deaths in Canada. [35] Nearly 5,000 people suffered from heat stroke and heat exhaustion, particularly the elderly. Air conditioning was in the early stages of development and was therefore absent from houses and commercial buildings.
On July 19, Phoenix broke their all time warmest low temperature by only falling to 97 °F (36 °C) at night. [20] The extreme heat resulted in 569 deaths in Phoenix. [21] The summer heat wave resulted in Texas experiencing its second hottest summer on record in 2023, with the full year being its hottest on record. Over 300 people died from ...
In the United States, "an extreme heat wave" affected many states including Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Temperatures reached as high as 53 °C (128 °F) in Death Valley , while Phoenix reached 48 °C (119 °F) on a few days and broke the previous record of 18 consecutive days exceeding 110 °F (43 °C), for a total of 31 ...
For the United States, the extremes are 134 °F (56.7 °C) in Death Valley, California in 1913 and −79.8 °F (−62.1 °C) recorded in Prospect Creek, Alaska in 1971. The largest recorded temperature change in one place over a 24-hour period occurred on January 15, 1972 in Loma, Montana , when the temperature rose from −54 to 49 °F (−47. ...