Heatwaves

[Aluminium]

[vox_mundi]

Study Blames Climate Change for 37% of Global Heat Deaths
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-global-responsible-heat-related-deaths.html

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to a new article in Nature Climate Change.

Using data from 732 locations in 43 countries around the world it shows for the first time the actual contribution of man-made climate change in increasing mortality risks due to heat.

Overall, the estimates show that 37% of all heat-related deaths in the recent summer periods were attributable to the warming of the planet due to anthropogenic activities. This percentage of heat-related deaths attributed to human-induced climate change was highest in Central and South America (up to 76% in Ecuador or Colombia, for example) and South-East Asia (between 48% to 61%).

Estimates also show the number of deaths from human-induced climate change that occurred in specific cities; 136 additional deaths per year in Santiago de Chile (44.3% of total heat-related deaths in the city), 189 in Athens (26.1%), 172 in Rome (32%), 156 in Tokyo (35.6%), 177 in Madrid (31.9%), 146 in Bangkok (53.4%), 82 in London (33.6%), 141 in New York (44.2%), and 137 in Ho Chi Minh City (48.5%).The authors say their findings are further evidence of the need to adopt strong mitigation policies to reduce future warming, and to implement interventions to protect populations from the adverse consequences of heat exposure.

...  "We expect the proportion of heat-related deaths to continue to grow if we don't do something about climate change or adapt. So far, the average global temperature has only increased by about 1°C, which is a fraction of what we could face if emissions continue to grow unchecked."

The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change, Nature Climate Change, (2021)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01058-x

[vox_mundi]

Summer is coming early
https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2021-06-02-heat-wave-record-highs-west-midwest-northeast



A heat wave has already smashed record highs in the West and will spread into the upper Midwest and Northeast this weekend kicking off summer's first core month.

A northward bulge of the jet stream is now triggering record heat in the country's northern tier. Bismarck, North Dakota, may have broken its daily record high on Friday by 11 degrees. The high there was 106 degrees, compared to the old record of 95 degrees.

Minot, North Dakota had its warmest ever June 4th morning by 9 degrees. The city only "cooled" off to 72 degrees compared to the previous warmest morning of 63 degrees.

Highs will be 15 to 30 degrees above average into the weekend from the Northern Plains into the upper Midwest. Temperatures will soar into the 80s and 90s and a few spots in the Northern Plains may approach or exceed 100 degrees again on Saturday. The peak heat will stretch from the Dakotas into Minnesota.

Lows will also trend warmer, with temperatures dipping only into the 60s and 70s.



Highs 10 to 25 degrees above average will return to the Northeast this weekend and will continue into early next week. This translates into highs well into the 80s and even into the 90s at times. A few daily record high temperatures are also possible beginning Sunday, which will be the warmer of the two weekend days.

Temperatures will only drop into the 60s and 70s for morning lows.

[Sigmetnow]

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US (where it is currently 90°F /32°C)  Hot weather tips:
Karlee Weinmann

It's hot. Like really hot. Hot enough that it gets dangerous fast if folks can't cool down. One thing we can all do to help keep each other safe is conserve energy, to prevent our electric grid from getting overwhelmed and shutting down. Here's a thread of simple ways to do that:

Shut your windows then close your blinds and curtains to keep the sun out. Yeah, it might feel like living in a cave, but, I mean, caves are cool? Open your windows at night if it cools down to air things out, but button it all back up again in the morning.

Turn down your air conditioner, especially if you're cranking it. If you prefer a cool 68 degrees, can you maybe deal with 78 degrees today to help make sure all our lights stay on? Being a little warmer than you prefer super beats the alternative of no power at all.

Allow your place to be a little warmer when you're not in it. Turn down the thermostat a bit or fire up your fans when you get home, when you actually benefit from them. No sense using that energy if no one's even home.

Turn off ceiling fans when you leave the room. They're great at cooling people but you really only need to turn them on when you're nearby. Also ceiling fans are a great low-emission substitute for central air, don't @ me.

Take a quick cold shower to cool down. A pro tip is to do this right before you go to bed. I am also a fan of using my garden hose's mist setting on myself but you do you.

Avoid using big appliances like washers and dryers (days like today are especially great for line-drying if you must, however). Those big guys can be a big drain on our electric grid during times of peak demand. Unplugging large appliances when you're not using them also helps.

In fact, maybe just be really mindful about only using the power you really need. Even lights can heat up a room while they're adding to your energy load, especially if you're not using LED bulbs. Read a book instead of streaming stuff, it all helps.

Insulated homes stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. It's an investment that not only keeps you comfortable and safe, but also pays for itself in utility bill savings. Your local utility probably has rebates and programs to help you do it too!

If you're in Minneapolis, there's a good chance your place is hotter today than it needs to be. More than 70% of homes here lack adequate insulation. Big yikes! Find out if yours is among them by getting an energy efficiency expert to come take a look:
https://www.mncee.org/home-energy-squad/minneapolis/

Anything you do today to conserve energy and keep our power on is something you can consider doing regularly to reduce your climate impact broadly. Using less is the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency is a big part of the answer, y'all!

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1401300287231569938.html
OP:
https://twitter.com/karleeweinmann/status/1401300287231569938

[vox_mundi]

Here in Connecticut now...

95°F (35°C) should be 75°F (24°C)
~40% humidity

Feels like 101°F (38°C)

[Aluminium]

Turkmenabat (Turkmenistan, 39°N): +45.1°C.

[Rodius]

This might just be me......
Having lived in Australia for ten years my body has learned quite a bit about heat and dealing with it.
It used to be that I suffered the heat at 30C and over.
Now my body doesn't start to complain until it reaches about 33C. Then it before annoying and at 38C it suddenly becomes a problem.

For example..... my kids and I will happily ride our bikes 30km up to 30C temps at our normal speed.
Then we slow down until 33C.
And we always stop at 35C because our bodies are complaining and the amount of water we need to drink just becomes stupid.

In short, our bodies adapt to heat to a certain extent.

Also, just experience, daytime temps can do whatever they want (my personal high is 47C, that temp always matters), it is the nighttime temps that matter. At night if it stays above 25C there isn't time for the body to recover. This means that after day three of 33C plus temps, that is when the problems of not coping begin.

Most people who visit me from New Zealand during a heatwave cope nicely until day two when almost all of them get mild heatstroke because they refuse to believe me when I explain that they are not going to cope. One friend ended up in hospital with heatstroke because he was not listening and wanted to prove the point by going for a walk in 33C temps.

This is probably off-topic but thought I would share just because.......

[HapHazard]

Indeed, Rodius, some people can learn to cope with different extremes, altho it will only work up to a point...

I went mountain biking one day last week, during the afternoon, along an old railbed at elevation here in the Rockies. The temp hit 38C (low humid., probably around 40%). I did 42km. No biggie, I drank almost 6L of water (2x 3L CamelBaks) then a 6-pack of beer when I got home. A perfect day! (other than mucking the horse stalls after, anyway) 

I should add that while that temp isn't unheard of here, it usually doesn't do that until July, not the end of May. There's normally still a bit of snow on the mountain above the ranch here into early June. Not this year though.

[vox_mundi]

Heat Waves Rise in India as Climate Change Intensifies
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-india-climate.html

Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last three decades, are now increasing in frequency due to climate change, says a new study.

During 1978—2014 there were 660 heat waves—defined as temperatures above the normal average and lasting two days or more—that caused the deaths of 12,273 people, says a new study published in Current Science.

... Heat waves accompanied by humidity pose a major threat to human life in India. A study published earlier this year in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society says deadly Indian heatwaves are increasing in recent years and attributed it to the amplification of Arctic warming.

... The study also observed noticeable variation in the count of male fatalities over women and children which they attributed to greater exposure outdoors.

"Individuals employed in outdoor activities, who are socially cut off and economically deprived, are exceedingly susceptible to causality in severe heat wave disaster," says Preeti Malik, an author of the study.

The Indian government does not recognize heat waves as potential threat to human lives. The National Disaster Management Act and the National Policy on Disaster Management do not include heat wave fatalities in their list of natural calamities and so no budgetary allocation is made to address the problem.

Heat wave fatalities over India: 1978–2014. Current Science, Vol. 120, No. 10, 25 May 2021.
https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/120/10/1593.pdf

[vox_mundi]

Dangerous Heatwave Grips US Southwest as Temperatures Hit 120°F (49°C) In Some Areas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/14/us-heatwave-southwest-utah-california-nevada-arizona

https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1404447732081872905

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Doctors Warn of Burns From Asphalt as Heat Wave Hits US West
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-doctors-asphalt-west.html



Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first extreme heat wave of the year extends across the U.S. West.

A high pressure system is expected to push temperatures above 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius) this week in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Health officials advised people to be mindful of hot asphalt, sidewalks and even desert sand.

Elsewhere, heat warnings stretched from California's central and inland valleys to as far north as Montana and Wyoming, where predicted highs of 109 degrees (43 Celsius) on Tuesday are expected to shatter records. In Denver, parents, kids and pets cooled off in a popular creek Monday as the temperature hit 96 degrees (36 Celsius) by mid-afternoon.

Those northern states should see relief by mid-week, but no such respite is expected for Arizona, Utah, Nevada and parts of California. National Weather Service excessive heat warnings last through the weekend for those states. The high temperatures will be made worse by the lack of a break in the weather, according to AccuWeather, whose forecasters called it a "rare, dangerous and deadly" event.



In the Southwest, the problem of burns from hot surfaces is growing as temperatures rise due to climate change and increasing urbanization.

And it shows up in emergency rooms like the one at the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix, where director Dr. Kevin Foster said 104 people were admitted in June, July and August 2020 with serious burn injuries due to contact with scorching surfaces. Seven people died.

Many more received outpatient treatment.

"It doesn't take much time to get a full thickness or third degree burn when exposed to hot pavement," Foster said in a press briefing last week. "Because if you look at hot pavement or asphalt at two o'clock in the afternoon in direct sunlight, the temperature is usually somewhere around 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit."

In all, 13% of the serious burn injuries seen at the burn care center come from hot pavement.

"Almost all of those patients required surgery, which included for burn excision and skin grafting," he said.

[vox_mundi]

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As temperatures rise to unseasonably warm levels across Texas this week, its citizens are being asked to use less energy on basics like cooking and washing clothes to ease strain on the state’s power grid that is struggling to generate enough electricity to cope with the high temperatures.

The move triggers memories for many Texans of the cold snap in the winter that incapacitated much of the state’s power infrastructure and raises fears that Texas – and other US states – are not prepared to deal with the extreme weather events that come with the global climate crisis.

... “This week we saw that the Texas power grid barely even prepared for weather that is hot for June, but nowhere near how hot it can get in July and August.” ... “ERCOT has really been leaving us in the dark as to which coal and gas power plants are down, and why,” ... “They offered a belated acknowledgment that there are more than twice as many power plants down as they expected but no real clarity on why it’s happening. A lot of us are left guessing.” 

... There likely would have been rolling blackouts if we didn’t have solar farms online.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/16/texas-power-grid-conservation-heat-wave

[vox_mundi]

Southwest Heat Wave Intensifies, Breaks Records and Worsens Drought
https://www.axios.com/southwest-heat-wave-intensifies-records-drought-126078e5-b23b-464f-9d9c-665533d13ee1.html

In the coming days, 40 million are likely to see temperatures reach or exceed 100 degrees

At midnight in Death Valley last night, one of the hottest places on Earth, temperatures were still at 105F. It peaked at 51.2C (124.1F) earlier in the day on Tuesday.

Last year the hottest temperature on Earth was recorded there: 54C (130F). If trends like this continue, the record could be toppled again this year.

Some places in the US are already seeing records being met, and could see them exceeded soon. Salt Lake City in Utah saw a high of 41.7C (107F) on Tuesday, tying the all-time record.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSaltLakeCity/status/1404949205588742146



"It's a very large system," said weather service meteorologist Kate Guillet, referring to the large size of the heat dome. "To get these sorts of temperatures you have to have some sort of anomalous event that's pushing temperatures up to record levels. This is abnormal. This is well above our average. "

In Las Vegas, the mercury had already reached 104 by 11 a.m. Wednesday and is expected to rise all the way to 115 Wednesday afternoon and 114 on Thursday, the weather service said.

The all-time record high for Las Vegas is 117, and it has reached this point on four occasions, most recently on June 20, 2017, with records going back to 1937.

In bone-dry Arizona where a cauldron of wildfires are tearing across the landscape, Phoenix is forecast to get up to 115 Wednesday. The city was sweltering on Tuesday at 115.

Temperatures were already nearing 100 degrees at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Palm Springs in Southern California is forecast to reach 112 Wednesday, significantly "cooler" than its Tuesday afternoon high of 120 that shattered the same-day record set in 1961.



In Death Valley National Park, the temperature gauge near the Furnace Creek Visitor Center hit 120 at 1 p.m. The late afternoon is expected to record a high of 126, breaking the same-day record of 123. Thursday is forecast to reach 125, while Friday and Saturday are forcecast to 124. The all-time high for the park is 134 on July 10, 1913.

[Aluminium]

+51.6°C in Oman.

[Sigmetnow]

‘This is really, really bad’: scientists on the scorching US heatwave
Researchers had long forewarned of this crisis and now they’re seeing their studies and models become real life
Fri 18 Jun 2021

The heatwave gripping the US west is simultaneously breaking hundreds of temperature records, exacerbating a historic drought and priming the landscape for a summer and fall of extreme wildfire.

Salt Lake City hit a record-breaking 107F (42C), while in Texas and California, power grid operators are asking residents to conserve energy to avoid rolling blackouts and outages. And all this before we’ve even reached the hottest part of the summer.

Among the 40 million Americans enduring the triple-digit temperatures are scientists who study droughts and the climate. They’d long forewarned of this crisis, and now they’re living through it. The Guardian spoke with researchers across the west about how they’re coping.

The paleoclimatologist: ‘Potentially the worst drought in 1,200 years’ …
Kathleen Johnson, California

The climate scientist: ‘The most distressing part? This was predictable’ …
Daniel Swain
, Colorado

The atmospheric scientist: ‘It’s surreal to see your models become real life’ …
Katharine Hayhoe, Texas

The meteorologist: ‘The ground is burning like a hotplate’ …
Simon Wang, Utah

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/18/us-heatwave-west-climate-crisis-drought

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Dana Liebelson
just to clarify: in texas, we are being asked to avoid using the oven or washing clothes, just in case you wanted to know how texas is going.

6/14/21. https://twitter.com/dliebelson/status/1404519111640731649

[vox_mundi]

It's So Hot In the West This Week, It Is Reaching 100°F (38°C) by 8 AM

Even by desert standards, the heatwave in the Southwest is atypical. On Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Tuscon tweeted that the city recorded a temperature of 100 degrees at 8:14 am -- the second earliest time in the day recorded since 1948.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSTucson/status/1405552999255052288

That's only slightly later than the earliest time recorded for reaching 100 degrees, which was in 2017 on June 20, when Tucson hit 100 degrees at 8:02 am. The high that day was 116 degrees. The all-time high temperature recorded in Phoenix of 122 degrees occurred on June 26, 1990.

In Phoenix, Arizona, the temperatures reached 118F (48C) on Thursday, while Las Vegas reported 115F (46C)

On Friday morning, Phoenix recorded a low temperature — yes, a LOW temperature — of 92. This is a problem, because it doesn't allow the body to successfully cool down at night.



https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSPhoenix/status/1405900296492965891

The temperature needs to drop to at least 80 degrees for recovery to begin. In fact, a person can lose up to 2 liters of fluid overnight through sweating if the temperature never drops below 85 degrees.

... Thursday, the all-time high temperature was tied in Palm Springs, California at 123 degrees, breaking the previous June record of 122 degrees.

Death Valley, California shattered its record high daily temperature for Thursday at 128 degrees -- the previous record was 122 degrees set in 1917 -- and was just one degree shy of tying the record for the month of June. A thermometer at the Furnace Creek Visitor's Center marked 130F (54C) on Thursday

Record temperatures in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Alamosa, Colorado were set yesterday as well. Thursday was the earliest day on record in Colorado Springs to hit 100 degrees.

Denver also hit 100 degrees Thursday marking only the 6th time in historical record keeping that they have reached 100 on three or more consecutive days.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSBoulder/status/1405655728656842761



From Sunday to Tuesday alone, 159 maximum daily high temperature records were broken, according to NOAA . Over 50 additional records could be broken through Sunday in many of the same states that had them earlier in the week.

Temperatures will remain 10 to 20 degrees above average through the weekend for much of the West.

... it should cool off ... in October

[kassy]

So 33,3 low in C, below 26,6 needed for recovery.

[Shared Humanity]

Only 87F in Chicago but it's been in the high 80's and low 90's for a long time. Weather forecast is completely broken. Keeps forecasting a break in the heat tomorrow but tomorrow never comes. Yesterday's forecast predicted high 70's. Now it's tomorrow's forecast.

[vox_mundi]

maybe they'll get lucky ... a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day 

[Rodius]

The talk from climate scientists in the Western US are talking the same words about wildfires as the Australian ones did weeks before the catastrophic wildfire season not that long ago.

Politicians and many people told them it was hype.... and when it happened they said it was just a bad year and nothing to worry about as bad years happen. Now that bad year is over with, it is business as usual.....

[interstitial]

The talk from climate scientists in the Western US are talking the same words about wildfires as the Australian ones did weeks before the catastrophic wildfire season not that long ago.

Politicians and many people told them it was hype.... and when it happened they said it was just a bad year and nothing to worry about as bad years happen. Now that bad year is over with, it is business as usual.....

True as far as it goes but last year was a bad fire season as was the year before that. While every year might not be record breaking these catastrophic results are getting worse year on year and it has an impact on residents daily lives. More people are willing to consider and push for stronger efforts as these things continue.

[Aluminium]

Saint Petersburg may have new highest temperature of June soon. 60°N. Night is very short here. The heatwave under solstice means nearly endless sunshine.

[Niall Dollard]

Saint Petersburg may have new highest temperature of June soon. 60°N. Night is very short here. The heatwave under solstice means nearly endless sunshine.

The June record is 34.6° on June 15th 1998. Seems a bit out of reach today.

But St.Petersburg recorded a very warm night last night with a min of 21.5° C. (Likely a bit UHI influenced).

[Aluminium]

The June record is 34.6° on June 15th 1998. Seems a bit out of reach today.

Nearly record temperature is forecasted for June 22.

But St.Petersburg recorded a very warm night last night with a min of 21.5° C. (Likely a bit UHI influenced).

Stations in Pulkovo and Lomonosov show exactly same minimum.

[Sigmetnow]

Not just high temperatures, but extended duration high temperatures.

Eric Holthaus on Twitter: "It's confirmed: this is the hottest week in the recorded history of Tucson, Arizona."

NWS Tucson
⁦‪110 so far at #Tucson Airport. That's the 8th day in a row of 110+, adding to the all time record (prev 6 days from 1994). #azwx #StopPlease.

6/19/21, 5:00 PM https://twitter.com/nwstucson/status/1406356275680612356
   110° F = 43.3°C

NWS Phoenix, June 19: "#Phoenix Sky Harbor has already hit at least 115°F [46.1°C] for their high temperature again today for the 5th day in a row. This sets a new record for consecutive 115°F days in #Phoenix dating back to August 1895. Stay hydrated and monitor kids, elders, and pets for heat impacts! #azwx”

[Alexander555]

The forecast is still 6 days out. But if it holds it looks hot for california. Up to 122 F.

[Aluminium]

Saint Petersburg reached +34.3°C today. Meanwhile, it was +32.5°C in Tallinn, new record of June.

[Niall Dollard]

And following that warm max at St Petersburg, it failed to dip below 25.0 C there last night.

Remarkable for near 60 N.

In comparison to other stations removed from the St Petersburg metropolis the min is considerably higher - so  UHI effects are at play here. Compounded by the very short night and daytime build up of great heat.

[vox_mundi]

Moscow Battered By Historic June Heat Wave
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-moscow-battered-historic-june.html

Moscow has been hit by a historic heat wave this week, with temperatures reaching a 120-year record due to the effects of climate change, Russia's weather service said Tuesday.



On Monday the temperature in the Russian capital hit 34.7 degrees Celsius (94.5 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Roshydromet, matching the record for a June day hit in 1901.

The weather service, which has kept records since 1881, is forecasting temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday and Friday.

"The increase in temperatures recorded in Moscow for these days is unprecedented in 120 years," Roshydromet meteorologist Marina Makarova told AFP.

"This is because of global climate change."

The highest-ever recorded temperature in Moscow—more than 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit)—was recorded in July 2010 when much of western Russia was hit by a massive heat wave and huge fires.

Russia's second city Saint Petersburg, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) northwest of Moscow, has also seen a heat wave this month, with temperatures hitting 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest since 1998.

The rising temperatures are also contributing to the melting of Russia's permafrost, which covers about two-thirds of the country's large territory.

[The Walrus]

So recently, Moscow tied a record high temperature set in 1901 (June 22), broke a record set in 1962 (April 14), broke a record set in 1881 (April 13), broke a record set in 1897 (May 18), and broke a record set in 1893 (June 17).  It was sure hot back then.

[Sigmetnow]

Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees F [47.8°C] in the Arctic Circle

Newly published satellite imagery shows the ground temperature in at least one location in Siberia topped 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) going into the year’s longest day. It’s hot Siberia Earth summer, and it certainly won’t be the last.
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The 118-degree-Fahrenheit temperature was measured on the ground in Verkhojansk, in Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel satellites. Other ground temperatures in the region included 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) in Govorovo and 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) in Saskylah, which had its highest temperatures since 1936.

It’s important to note that the temperatures being discussed here are land surface temperatures, not air temperatures. The air temperature in Verkhojansk was 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius)—still anomalously hot, but not Arizona hot.
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The same region also suffered through a heat wave that led to a very un-Siberian air temperature reading of 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) exactly a year ago to the day from the new freak heat. It’s the hottest temperature ever recorded in the region. It was also in the 90s last month in western Siberia, reflecting that the sweltering new abnormal is affecting just about everywhere. And it’s not just the permafrost suffering; wildfires last year in Siberia pumped a record amount of carbon dioxideinto the atmosphere, ensuring more summers like this are to come.

https://gizmodo.com/ground-temperatures-hit-118-degrees-in-the-arctic-circl-1847144505

[vox_mundi]

Seattle Area Could See Historic Heatwave This Weekend
https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1407467781432299520

... By Saturday and Sunday, the region will heat up to “potentially dangerous levels” in the Seattle and Olympia area, according to the National Weather Service. That will see highs in the Seattle area ranging between 95 and 97 degrees, and potentially even warmer by the end of the weekend.



“Readings of a 100 are not out of the question for a few locations Sunday and perhaps again Monday,” the NWS predicts.

Historically, Seattle has only seen 100 degree temperatures in June once, on June 9, 1955. The record for June 25 (this Saturday) is 98 degrees, which is also the second hottest June day of all time for the city.



https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1407485108827811845

... “Several of the global models are predicting an extraordinarily unusual heatwave this weekend in the Pacific Northwest,” Mass detailed in a recent blog post. “A heatwave so extreme that many locations might experience their warmest temperature on record.”

“The forecasts are simply insane,” he added.

Mass points to possible weekend temperatures of 121 degrees in California’s northern Central Valley, up to 115 degrees in the Columbia Basin, 105 degrees in the Willamette Valley, and around 95 degrees in the Seattle area. Should some of those West Coast areas end up reaching those levels, it could represent an historic heatwave for the entire region.

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-greatest-heat-wave-in-northwest.html

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Young Eagles Are Falling From Their Nests Due To NorCal’s Oppressive Heatwave
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/06/21/eagles-norcal-heatwave-el-dorado-hills-wildlife-rescue/?amp

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This unusually hot and dry start to summer is hitting Washington state farms especially hard this year. Among the struggling crops this time: barley, the key ingredient in beer. 50% of the state's barley crop is in poor or very poor condition

[Niall Dollard]

St Petersburg (Russia) was at 35.5 C at 12UTC, so easily beats the all time June record. Let's see what the actual max will be.

[NevB]

So recently, Moscow tied a record high temperature set in 1901 (June 22), broke a record set in 1962 (April 14), broke a record set in 1881 (April 13), broke a record set in 1897 (May 18), and broke a record set in 1893 (June 17).  It was sure hot back then.

There's something interesting about stats, where the longer a random record set is the less chance of any recoded being broken unless there is a changing trend.

[Aluminium]

St Petersburg (Russia) was at 35.5 C at 12UTC, so easily beats the all time June record. Let's see what the actual will be.

Still far from my melting point. By the way, regular observations in Saint Petersburg started in 1722. Early data are not very useful though.

[morganism]

Two new studies warn that a hotter world will be a more violent one

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/16/two-new-studies-warn-that-hotter-world-will-be-more-violent-one/

"They arrive at a similar conclusion using two very different data sets: crime in Los Angeles and terrorist attacks around the world.

The first study, released last month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, examines the relationship between daily high temperatures and incidents of violent crime in Los Angeles between 2010 and 2017. Criminologists have known for decades that murder and other violent crimes tend to be more frequent in the hot summer months. Here, for example, is a comparison between monthly homicides and average high temperatures in the city of Chicago."

[Aluminium]

2021 June 23

Saint Petersburg:

Minimum: +24.6°C
Average: +30.3°C
Maximum +35.9°C // new highest of June, previous +34.6°C in 1998

Moscow:

Minimum: +19.1°C
Average: +27.8°C
Maximum +34.8°C // new highest of June, previous +34.7°C in 1901

[Alexander555]

Two new studies warn that a hotter world will be a more violent one

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/16/two-new-studies-warn-that-hotter-world-will-be-more-violent-one/

"They arrive at a similar conclusion using two very different data sets: crime in Los Angeles and terrorist attacks around the world.

The first study, released last month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, examines the relationship between daily high temperatures and incidents of violent crime in Los Angeles between 2010 and 2017. Criminologists have known for decades that murder and other violent crimes tend to be more frequent in the hot summer months. Here, for example, is a comparison between monthly homicides and average high temperatures in the city of Chicago."

Maybe they just don't like it to go out when it's cold outside. But printing money wil create for sure a more violent world. You buy something with your printed money where somebody els worked for. But he can not buy it himself because you bought it with your printed money. And that creates a  very very very unfair world. A hot , hungry unfaire world. So it's going to be a violent future for sure.

[pileus]

Seattle Area Could See Historic Heatwave This Weekend
https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1407467781432299520

... By Saturday and Sunday, the region will heat up to “potentially dangerous levels” in the Seattle and Olympia area, according to the National Weather Service. That will see highs in the Seattle area ranging between 95 and 97 degrees, and potentially even warmer by the end of the weekend.



“Readings of a 100 are not out of the question for a few locations Sunday and perhaps again Monday,” the NWS predicts.

Historically, Seattle has only seen 100 degree temperatures in June once, on June 9, 1955. The record for June 25 (this Saturday) is 98 degrees, which is also the second hottest June day of all time for the city.



https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1407485108827811845

... “Several of the global models are predicting an extraordinarily unusual heatwave this weekend in the Pacific Northwest,” Mass detailed in a recent blog post. “A heatwave so extreme that many locations might experience their warmest temperature on record.”

“The forecasts are simply insane,” he added.

Mass points to possible weekend temperatures of 121 degrees in California’s northern Central Valley, up to 115 degrees in the Columbia Basin, 105 degrees in the Willamette Valley, and around 95 degrees in the Seattle area. Should some of those West Coast areas end up reaching those levels, it could represent an historic heatwave for the entire region.

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-greatest-heat-wave-in-northwest.html

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Young Eagles Are Falling From Their Nests Due To NorCal’s Oppressive Heatwave
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/06/21/eagles-norcal-heatwave-el-dorado-hills-wildlife-rescue/?amp

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This unusually hot and dry start to summer is hitting Washington state farms especially hard this year. Among the struggling crops this time: barley, the key ingredient in beer. 50% of the state's barley crop is in poor or very poor condition

The majority of residences in the region lack air conditioning.  When I lived in Seattle I had west-facing floor to ceiling windows, and no AC.  Anything over 80f and it would absolutely bake inside, and made worse by the high latitude long summer days.  But hey the sunsets were gorgeous.

[vox_mundi]

The same, when I lived in Portland, Oregon. No A.C. ... but I had a beautiful view of Mount Saint Helens volcano when it erupted.

[nanning]

Hey Bruce, how's the farm and its people dealing with this heatwave?

This heatwave looks to me as good preconditioning for wildfire season.

[Aluminium]

The majority of residences in the region lack air conditioning.  When I lived in Seattle I had west-facing floor to ceiling windows, and no AC.  Anything over 80f and it would absolutely bake inside, and made worse by the high latitude long summer days.  But hey the sunsets were gorgeous.

Thermal inertia can prevent the worst. Nevertheless, it feels like hell when the average is over 30°C.

[Niall Dollard]

It's going to be a torrid time at Glacier National Park, Montana, next week. Temperatures peaking next Thursday in the 80s and 90s even high in the mountains. (Switching to deg F for our American members  )

Kalispell, the gateway to the park, is at the bottom left of this chart. 95 F is forecast. (Record max there is 94 F).

I wonder what will be left of the remaining glaciers by the end of this summer. ? 

[vox_mundi]

[Tor Bejnar]

Ah, "F" stands for Fahrenheit.  And for all these years I thought "F" temperature this and "F" temperature that were expletives abbreviated.   

I was 12 and was taking my first shower in Luxembourg.  The faucet handles had an "F" and a "C".  I 'knew' "C" stood for "Cold" so I used the "F" and noticed the heat never came on.   

[Bruce Steele]

Nanning, Luckily the heatwave has not affected our local area. The ocean temperatures are down and there seems to be lots of marine layer here on land. The drought lingers on however and heat or no heat we will get big fires as the season progresses.
 My colony of cliff swallows has gained some numbers this year and is still rebounding from the June 108F we had a few years back. My garden is just spelt and wheat that managed to make a crop even though we only got eight inches of rain , total. No till .
 You might be interested in the 40 acres of cannabis next door. They planted auto flower strains and started their harvest on June 1. A semi with four tons leaves daily to be processed into oil. They expect about 200 tons this season  with two plantings . They have a 10inch PVC pipe attached to their chain link fence all the way around the 40 acre field . It is drilled with holes and emits terpenes to mask the smell of weed. Doesn’t work very well and costs about $250 in terpene daily. The swallows don’t like the weed and fly over my fields to forage.

[Aluminium]

2021 June 24

Minsk:

Minimum: +17.9°C
Average: +25.4°C
Maximum +35.8°C // new highest of June, previous +34.0°C in 2019

Kyiv:

Minimum: +22.2°C
Average: +28.1°C
Maximum +35.5°C // new highest of June, previous +35.0°C in 1885

Yerevan:

Minimum: +18.3°C
Average: +30.2°C
Maximum +41.1°C // new highest of June, previous +40.2°C one day before

[pileus]

The majority of residences in the region lack air conditioning.  When I lived in Seattle I had west-facing floor to ceiling windows, and no AC.  Anything over 80f and it would absolutely bake inside, and made worse by the high latitude long summer days.  But hey the sunsets were gorgeous.

Thermal inertia can prevent the worst. Nevertheless, it feels like hell when the average is over 30°C.

101f currently forecasted in Seattle for Monday, would be only the 4th day over 100, and close to the all time high of 103.  I found this pic of my thermostat from 25 June 2017, when it reached 96. 

Alas, the lack of AC was offset by the views from my windows and patio.

[vox_mundi]

A Heatwave Pushed Temperatures In Moscow to the Highest Recorded In June In 142 Years.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/climate-crisis/2021/06/record-breaking-temperatures-recorded-arctic-russia

On Monday the temperature hit 31.9C in the Russian capital and the day before, the city saw its hottest midsummers’ day in 65 years when it reached 31.1C, according to the state-run Tass news agency.

The city’s all time record high temperature, of 34.7C set in 1901, could be broken in the coming days, forecasters said, with temperatures expected to reach up to 36C.


Image taken by the EU’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite shows land surface temperatures reaching nearly 50C around the town of Verkhojansk

On Saturday temperatures rose to 31.1C in Tyumyati in the republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, which is 2,500 miles north east of Moscow and inside the Arctic circle, The Moscow Times reported.

Meanwhile, on Siberia’s Kotelny Island – one of the northernmost pieces of land on Earth – temperatures hit a record-breaking 17.6C, also on Saturday.

In Saskylah, a small community also in the republic of Sakha, the air temperature reached 31.9C, the highest record since 1936, according to data obtained by the European Union’s Copernicus satellites.

The Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B satellites showed the land surface temperature in Siberia was above 35 C, and a peak of 48C was recorded near the town of Verkhojansk, in the republic of Sakha.

The soaring temperatures follow a long dry period, and are of particular concern in the Yakutian region, where 64 forest fires were active as of Tuesday, the regional government said in a news release.

[nanning]

Bruce, thank you for the information about the heatwave.

I love swallows. Don't know if cliff swallows also make this strange high pitched sounds. I always imagined them as playfull. Wise heads.

Must be devastating to be that dependent on unreliable weather such as drought and this heatwave as a farmer.
You write 'no till', so your soil will have better water retention I guess and better soil life biodiversity.

Still strange to read that in our 'progressive' The Netherlands, cultivating cannabis as a farmer is illegal whilst the country of former 'war on drugs' has legal fields of it. What happened? We went backwards or made a deal with organised crime.
200 tons wow. 7 ounces will see me through a year of smoking. Interesting that they've planted auto flowering and had already a harvest. Doesn't that bring dollarsigns into your eyes? I know, you try to be self sufficient and cannabis is no food. Pity about the terpene. Masks the smell of weed by overpowering it I guess.
The swallows don't like the weed because they're high enough already   

[sidd]

Parrots, on the other hand ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47432244

sidd