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The concurrent heat waves killed 4,800 to 17,000 people in the United States. During the summer of 1988, the drought led to many wildfires in forested western North America, including the Yellowstone fires of 1988 .
The drought and heat wave conditions led many Midwestern cities to experience record heat. In Kansas City, Missouri, the high temperature was below 90 °F (32 °C) only twice and soared above the century mark (100 °F or 38 °C) for 17 days straight; in Memphis, Tennessee, the temperature reached an all-time high of 108 °F (42 °C) on July 13, 1980, part of a 15-day stretch of temperatures ...
Further south, on June 19, 20 and 21, Toronto experienced its first official early season heat wave (In Canada, a heat wave is defined as three or more consecutive days with temperatures at or above 32 °C (89.6 °F)), with temperatures ranging between 33.4 °C (92.1 °F) and 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) and the minimum temperature on June 20 not ...
Tennessee heat wave is a scorcher but not as hot as others: How hot were past heat waves? ... Top 10 hottest days in Tennessee history. July 28, 1952: 105.3 degrees. July 27, 1952: 105 degrees ...
People experiencing heat syncope should sit in a cool place and slowly drink water, clear juice or a sports drink. Heat Exhaustion Heat exhaustions is the body's response to an excessive loss of ...
Middle Tennessee isn't the only area feeling the heat. On Monday, the weather service issued a heat advisory for the Memphis area until 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
A dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat wave is spreading across much of the central and eastern U.S. this week, making Knoxville and East Tennessee hotter, too. Heat records could be set ...