Posted: Jun 26, 2017 2:03 am
They've been dying of the heat..
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/summa ... -wave-2017
And this from a place that is used to hot.
Instead of doing the Great Lakes loop in August and the US south in spring...it was so hot in the eastern US I gave up and went north.....even then coming around the end of Lake Superior it went from a pleasant 16 and sun to a blistering 32C in just a few miles.
Serious thunderstorms ensued.
Great Lakes overflowing...and interesting year
Then of course there was London and Holland.....
Summary of the Great Southwest U.S. Heat Wave of 2017
Dr. Jeff Masters · June 24, 2017, 1:10 AM
Above: Motorists stop at an intersection where a sign displays the temperature on June 20, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Phoenix airport hit 119° that day, their fourth hottest temperature on record, and just 3° below their all-time hottest temperature ever recorded. Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images.
The great Southwest U.S. heat wave of 2017 is gradually diminishing, but it has left behind hundreds of smashed heat records, including at least four all-time hottest temperature marks for major stations. According to wunderground weather historian Christopher C. Burt, this week’s event has been the most intense heat wave yet recorded to affect the Southwest so early in the summer, coming about a week earlier than the previous great June heat waves that have affected the Southwest, like those of 2013, 1990 and 1994.
All-time hottest temperatures tied or broken during the heat wave:
Las Vegas, NV: 117° on June 20, tied the all-time record for the airport, which has a Period of Record (POR) back to 1937. However, there was a 118° reading measured by the official USWB COOP site on July 26, 1931.
Needles, CA: 125° on June 20, tied the all-time record. 126° was attained for a minute or two at one point, but not the 5-minute period needed to be deemed official. Previously, 125° was measured on June 20, 2016, and on July 17, 2005. POR: back to 1940.
Ocotillo Wells, CA: 124° on June 21, hottest temperature ever measured in San Diego County.
Prescott, AZ: 105° on June 21, tied the all-time record set on July 17, 1925. POR back to 1898.
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/summa ... -wave-2017
And this from a place that is used to hot.
Instead of doing the Great Lakes loop in August and the US south in spring...it was so hot in the eastern US I gave up and went north.....even then coming around the end of Lake Superior it went from a pleasant 16 and sun to a blistering 32C in just a few miles.
Serious thunderstorms ensued.
Great Lakes overflowing...and interesting year
Then of course there was London and Holland.....