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Stifling heat blanketed tens of millions of people in United States on Tuesday, forcing people and even zoo animals to find ways to cool down as summer arrives in what promises to be a sweltering ...
A definition based on the Heat Wave Duration Index is that a heat wave occurs when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5 °C (9 °F), the normal period being 1961–1990. [9] The same definition is used by the World Meteorological Organization. [10]
This led to a ten day long heat wave in Philadelphia, while Boston saw temperatures above 95 °F (35 °C) for six days in a row. [43] Due to this, the New York Metropolitan Area had a top 5 hottest August, and Islip, New York and Newark, New Jersey had their warmest on record, [ 44 ] and so did Philadelphia a little bit to the southwest. [ 45 ]
Across the U.S., from Texas and Arizona to Nevada, a major heat wave threatening to break temperature records sends people scrambling for relief.
The eastern United States experienced an early summer heat wave from 6–10 June 2008 with record temperatures. [25] [26] There was a heat wave in Southern California beginning late June, [27] which contributed to widespread fires. On 6 July, a renewed heat wave was forecast, which was expected to affect the entire state.
Baltimore and Philadelphia are forecast to touch records near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) on Sunday, while temperatures rise into the 90s F in states like Idaho, Montana and ...
A heat-wave forecast was issued in June 2007 for the Columbus, Ohio area. [6] In Indiana , heat advisories were issued after at least four days of 90 °F (32.2 °C) days in early August. [ 7 ] In Evansville, Indiana , August had the highest average temperature recorded until that time, 96 °F (35.6 °C), surpassed in 2012. [ 8 ]
A brutal heat wave scorched a large swath of the U.S. on Wednesday, with millions from the Midwest to the Northeast enduring sweltering temperatures during the Juneteenth holiday.. Cities across ...