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The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. [5] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in ...
A heat wave impacted North America in August 2021. [31] [32] The heat wave was the second of the summer for the Pacific Northwest. [33] [34] A state of emergency was declared in Oregon. [35] The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for the Portland metropolitan area (including Vancouver, Washington), most of the Columbia ...
In late June, the 2021 Western North America heat wave occurred, causing temperatures to soar above 38 °C (100 °F) in the Pacific Northwest. All-time record high temperatures were recorded in cities such as Portland 47 °C (116 °F) and Seattle 42 °C (108 °F).
North America's 2021 fire season, including massive Northern California blazes, was made worse by a supercharged heat dome. What did the supercharging? Climate change.
The heatwave leaving tens of millions of Americans in sweltering temperatures will test the power grid’s ability to keep the lights on. Extreme heat means two-thirds of North America could ...
The U.S. Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke.
2020 droughts and heat waves; 2021 heat waves; 2023 Caribbean heat wave; 2024 North America heat waves; N. 2010 Northern Hemisphere heat waves This page was ...
Year-end climate reports show signs of a new and warmer normal that scientists say is likely to lead to more weather extremes.