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The Chicago temperatures exceeded the 1995 Chicago heat wave, which claimed over 750 lives, although humidity and registered dew points were higher during that heat wave. [30] Through the first five days of July, the mean temperature in Chicago averaged 86.4 °F (30.2 °C), 13.2 °F (7 °C) above normal, the hottest since 1911. [31]
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]
Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...
High temperatures will be in the 70s and even near 80 through Thursday (Halloween), which is 15-25 degrees above the historical average for most locations and will challenge daily records in some ...
Starting on Sunday is when extreme temperatures will face Kentucky and much of the east coast states, with temperatures ranging from 92-95 degrees. Sunday will face a high of 92 degrees, and a low ...
By November 13, temperatures dipped further to 14 °F (−10 °C). [24] Lexington, KY also saw the temperature drop on the 12th, when it went from nearly 70 °F (21 °C) down to a record low from 14 °F (−10 °C). It dipped to another record low of 13 °F (−11 °C) on November 13, and a record cold high of 28 °F (−2 °C) was also ...
Nearly all of the U.S. is facing drought, with Kentucky becoming the 49th state to enter drought in November, due to a historically dry autumn 49 states are in drought conditions, threatening ...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency reports: "Kentucky's climate is changing. Although the average temperature did not change much during the 20th century, most of the commonwealth has warmed in the last 20 years. Average annual rainfall is increasing, and a rising percentage of that rain is falling on the four wettest days of the ...