This yr has already seen many warmth information damaged because the world grows hotter with an increasing number of greenhouse gases added to the environment.
For a lot of locations, the very best temperatures since record-keeping started have are available simply the final 10 to fifteen years. That’s the clearest potential signal that people are altering the local weather, stated Randall Cerveny, a professor at Arizona State College.
Cerveny stated temperatures in India, the Center East, and the U.S. Southwest have been exceptionally scorching in 2024.
FILE – Individuals cool off in misters alongside the Las Vegas Strip, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photograph/John Locher, File)
Las Vegas recorded 120 levels Fahrenheit (48.0 levels Celsius) on Sunday for the primary time in historical past.
“It feels just like the air is a blanket of simply hotness that’s enveloping you,” Cerveny stated about that sort of warmth. It’s life threatening and individuals are unprepared for it, he added.
Here’s a take a look at a number of the information which have been damaged all over the world this yr. Even one tenth of 1 diploma above a earlier document is a significant enhance, and these information have been all damaged by not less than seven instances that quantity.
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
2024 document: 120.02 F (48.9 C)
Earlier document: 117 F (47.2 C) set in 2017
Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
2024 document: 105.98 F (41.1 C)
Earlier document: 105.08 F (40.6 C) set in 2012
Agness, Oregon, United States
2024 document: 114.98 F (46.1 C)
Earlier document: 111.92 F (44.4 C) set in 1998
Palmdale, California, United States
2024 document: 114.98 F (46.1 C)
Earlier document of 113 (45 C) set in 2007
Redding California, United States
2024 document: 118.94 F (48.3 C)
Earlier document: 118.04 F (47.8 C) set in 1988
Las Trampas, California, United States
2024 document: 107.96 F (42.2 C)
Earlier document: 105.98 (41.1 C) set in 2021
Aswan, Egypt
2024 document: 121.28 F (49.6 C)
Earlier document: 120.02 (48.9 C) set in 1961
Geraldton, Australia
2024 document: 120.74 F (49.3 C)
Earlier document: 117.86 F (47.7 C) set in 1954
Progreso, Mexico
2024 document: 111.56 F (44.2 C)
Earlier document: 108.50 (42.5 C) set in 2023
Gaya, India
2024 document: 117.32 F (47.4 C)
Earlier document: 116.60 F (47 C) set in 1978
Sikasso, Mali
2024 document: 116.24 F (46.8 C)
Earlier document: 108.50 F (42.5 C) set in 2020
Vinh, Vietnam
2024 document: 109.22 F (42.9 C)
Earlier document: 105.8 F (41 C) set in 2019
Mama, Russia
2024 document: 101.12 F (38.4 C)
Earlier document: 99.86 F (37.7 C) set in 2017
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