Nearly 1,000 Heat Records Broken In American West In One Week, Including 270 Monthly Records

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The heat wave that’s been gripping California and other parts of the West for 10 days and counting is the most severe ever recorded in September, weather experts have said — confirming what California’s governor is calling the “hottest and longest on record” for the month.

The data supporting the assertion is overwhelming. Records began falling on Aug. 30 when Seattle and Portland set calendar day records of 90 and 100. And it’s not yet over — while the region’s heat wave peaked on Tuesday, it’s expected to continue until Saturday, ending after a total of 12 days. In just the past week, nearly 1,000 heat records have been broken, including more than 270 monthly records. Some places, like Salt Lake City, Sacramento and Reno, Nev., have broken their September records multiple times and by large margins.

Sacramento and San Jose, where it reached 116 and 109 degrees on Tuesday, clinched all-time records — meaning their temperatures exceeded levels observed on any previous day or month. It’s the “greatest September heat wave ever west of the Rockies hands down,” tweeted weather historian Maximiliano Herrera on Wednesday.

In addition to its magnitude and duration, the heat wave has also been exceptional for its scope. Record-shattering temperatures have stretched from Arizona to Washington state and as far east as North Dakota.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/08/western-heatwave-records-california-climate/

[Chainfire]

1. You know, of course, that that is just "liberal science" and not an indicator of non-existant

man made climate change. It is just a normal weather cycle. It is a ploy for liberals to take away our freedom. (and guns)

It sounds like we are getting a crash course in what climatologists have been warning about for decades. It won't be long before world-wide migrations, and wars to prevent them, begin. I believe we have passed the tipping point. Billionaires, building bunkers and escape ships must agree.

[cilla4progress]

2. Beginning

Of the end.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/when-summer-becomes-the-season-of-danger-and-dread

[Mickju]

3. Truth