Temperature
records are falling in just about every part of the globe. These are
just the stories from the past couple of days – not in any
particular order.
I will deal with the effects on agriculture and human habitat separately
I will deal with the effects on agriculture and human habitat separately
Robertscrobbler
Major
temperature records have been shattered throughout the Northern
Hemisphere as the heat of human caused climate change bites deep.
Africa
may have witnessed its all-time hottest temperature Thursday: 124
degrees in Algeria
6
July, 2018
The
planet’s hottest continent probably just endured its hottest
weather ever reliably measured.
An
Algerian city soared to 124.3 degrees (51.3 Celsius) Thursday, adding
to the onslaught of records for extreme heat set around the planet
during the past 10 days.
The
blistering-hot temperature reading, observed in Ouargla, is probably
the highest temperature ever reliably measured both in Algeria and in
all of Africa. The record was first identified by weather records
expert Maximiliano Herrera.
Ouargla,
with a population of nearly half a million, is located in north
central Algeria, roughly midway between Morocco and Tunisia.
Location
of Ouargla, Algeria, indicated by red marker. (Google)
Its
124.3-degree temperature surpassed Africa’s previous highest
reliable temperature measurement of 123.3 degrees (50.7 Celsius) set
July 13, 1961, in Morocco.
Higher
temperatures previously measured in Africa have either been
invalidated or climate experts find them dubious:
- The hottest temperature ever measured in Africa and on the planet was once thought to be 136.4 degrees (58 Celsius) observed in El Azizia, Libya, but that record was rejected by the World Meteorological Organization after a committee identified five concerns with its collection.
- A temperature of 131 degrees (55 Celsius) observed in Kebili, Tunisia, on July 7, 1931. is officially considered Africa’s (and the eastern hemisphere’s) hottest measurement. But extreme weather expert Christopher Burt, who has studied the record, calls it “suspicious” because of lack of comparable temperatures in modern times and assigned it a validity score of one out of 10. Etienne Kapikian, a French meteorologist, called the record “a big joke.”
In
his blog post on this latest Africa temperature reading, Jeff Masters
includes a run-down of other questionable temperature readings from
Africa logged during the colonial period.
In
order for Thursday’s temperature in Ouargla to be considered
official and a record for Africa, it would need to be certified by
the World Meteorological Organization while the previous record from
Tunisia would also have to be invalidated.
Whether
or not the Ouargla record is certified, the temperature posted seems
plausible as the weather pattern was conducive to the exceptionally
hot conditions.
European
model analysis of heat dome over northern Africa, July 5
(WeatherBell.com)
Northern
Algeria was under the influence of an extraordinarily intense heat
dome or zone of high pressure aloft, when the high temperature
occurred. Statistically, the strength of the heat dome was 3.5 to 4
standard deviations from normal, meaning it was highly unusual.
The
European model showed temperatures more than 20 degrees above normal
very close to Ouargla which, for a desert climate, is an extreme
anomaly.
Temperature
difference from normal July 5 in northern Africa as analyzed by the
European model. (WeatherBell.com)
This
probable all-time heat record is one of many set over the past 10
days because of numerous intense heat domes scattered around the
Northern Hemisphere.
Locations
where heat records have been set include:
- In North America: Denver; Montreal; Mount Washington, N.H., and Burlington, Vt.
- In Europe: Glasgow, Scotland, Shannon, Ireland, Belfast, and Castlederg, Northern Island
- In Eurasia: Tbilisi, Georgia and Yerevan, Armenia
- In the Middle East: Quriyat, Oman, which posted the world’s hottest low temperature ever recorded on June 28: 109 degrees (42.6 Celsius).
In
addition, in Northern Siberia, along the coast of the Arctic Ocean,
model analyses showed temperatures rose over 40 degrees above normal
on July 5, above 90 degrees. Data here is scarce so records cannot be
confirmed for this exceptional anomaly.
The
heat wave in southeast Canada, which brought an record heat to
Montreal, has been blamed for 34 deaths.
While
no single heat record, in isolation, can be attributed to global
warming, collectively, this large group is consistent with the kind
of extreme heat we expect to see increase in a warming world.
A
historic heat wave in northern Africa on Thursday, July 5, brought
Africa its hottest reliably measured temperature on record: 124.3°F
(51.3°C), at Ouargla, Algeria. Ouargla (population 190,000) is the
capital city of Ouargla Province in the Algerian Sahara Desert, at an
elevation of 719 feet (219 meters).
The
key word here is ‘reliably’. Many hotter temperatures have been
reported in Africa during the colonial period—including the
official African record of 131°F (55.0°C) at Kebili, Tunisia on
July 7, 1931—but all of these hotter temperatures have serious
credibility issues, as explained by wunderground weather historian
Christopher C. Burt below. According to weather records researcher
Maximiliano Herrera, the previous all-time African record for
reliably measured maximum temperature was 123.3°F (50.7°C) on July
13, 1961 at Semara, Western Sahara. His research shows that the
hottest temperature reliably measured in Kebili, Tunisia was 119.3°F
(48.5°C) in July 2005, with the second highest reliably measured
temperature coming this Thursday, at 118.8°F (48.2°C)--a far cry
from the official record of 131°F (55.0°C)!
An
intense heat wave is shattering temperature records in Iran and the
Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, causing power
shortages that are adding to discomfort in the region.
Weather
experts on July 6 said the heat wave is the result of a high-pressure
dome or heat dome that formed over the Eurasian region and reaches as
far north as southern Russia, where temperatures hit a record high
for June on June 28.
In
the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, temperatures soared to a record of 41
degrees Celsius on July 4, contributing to unhealthy air pollution
levels reported by the National Environmental Agency.
Earlier
in the week, on July 1, temperatures hit a record 43 degrees in the
Azerbaijani capital of Baku, prompting heavy use of air-conditioning
that the government said caused an explosion at a hydroelectric power
plant and a nationwide power outage.
It
was the worst power outage since Azerbaijani independence from the
Soviet Union in 1991.
A
day later, temperatures soared to a record high 42 degrees in
Armenia's capital, Yerevan, while Iran experienced its hottest July
temperature ever -- 53 degrees -- causing misery and power shortages
and prompting the government to change work hours in Tehran to save
electricity.
Record-breaking
heat is descending on Southern California on Friday, bringing new
fire dangers as well as health concerns for people who have to endure
the conditions.
“Today
will be one for the record books. Almost all if not all of the daily
records will fall today. It is likely that several monthly records
will fall and it’s possible that 1 or 2 all time records will be
made today,” the National Weather Service said in its most recent
statement.
“Saturday
will again be dangerously hot and the excessive heat warning will
continue into the evening. But it will not be as staggeringly hot as
today.”
An
excessive-heat watch is in effect for much of southwestern California
for Friday and Saturday, the weather service said. Temperatures in
the valleys, the lower mountains and desert locations are expected to
range between 102 and 112 degrees. Parts of the coast could reach
around 100 degrees.
Rain totals from across central Iowa this morning #iawx
Historic
flooding hit Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend following a series of
thunderstorms that started affecting the city on Saturday evening,
June 30, 2018. More than a 305 mm (1 foot) of rain fell on some parts
of the city by Sunday morning. One person was killed.
Des
Moines metro area received between 76 and 203 mm (3 to 8 inches) of
rain with some areas receiving well over 305 mm (12 inches),
according to local media reports. Heavy rain was accompanied by winds
in excess of 96 km/h (60 mph).
According
to KCCI Des Moines, Ankeny received the brunt of the storm’s force
and saw around 254 mm (10 inches) of rainfall in a short time frame,
according to NWS. At one point during the storm, rain fell at a rate
of more than 102 mm (4 inches) per hour
Ireland’s
historic heatwave is set to continue into next week when temperatures
will rock to unseasonable highs.
All
weather records in Ireland are set to be broken next week when the
temperatures hit 91.4F (33C) bringing the Irish the hottest day in 40
years.
After
over two weeks of sunny weather and heat Ireland’s heatwave is set
to continue, with no foreseeable end in sight. Next Thursday, July
12, will see record breaking temperatures hit 91.4F. These
temperatures are predicted for Limerick and Carlow with the rest of
the country experiencing at least 77F.
Weather
officials in Japan are warning of record-high rainfall across a wide
part of the country through the weekend.
The
Meteorological Agency said on Thursday that a seasonal rain front
hanging over the country is bringing heavy rain to eastern and
western Japan, and Okinawa.
The
agency said heavy rain over the next few days will raise the danger
of landslides and flooding
It's
the middle of winter but Thursday has felt closer to a summer's day
in Sydney, as the mercury climbed 9 degrees above the July average of
16.4.
At
a top of 25.2, it's easily the hottest day on record for the first
week of July – a full degree above the previous record of 24.1 in
2004.
And
it will remain relatively warm until a cool wind change on Friday
afternoon, although even over the course of the weekend, temperatures
will remain around 2 degrees above average.
The
monthly temperature record for Sydney's Observatory Hill is 26.5,
from July 30 last year.
If
it reaches at least 23 tomorrow (the forecast is 24), it would be the
earliest occurrence of two consecutive days above 23 degrees in July,
and only the eighth time two such days have been recorded in July
(since a Stevenson screen was installed at Observatory Hill in around
1910), according to weather bureau senior climatologist David Martin.
A
massive 100,000 acre blaze has hurled off 300 foot high walls of fire
that local authorities are describing as a ‘fire tsunami.’
The Spring Creek Fire, now the third largest in the Colorado state record, has forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate, destroyed or damaged 200 homes, and drawn the emergency response of 1,000 firefighters.
60
percent of bees lost over winter in Virginia
In
Virginia, the Department of Agriculture found that there was a loss
of nearly 60 percent of honeybees over the 2017-2018 winter season.
“The
winter losses were 59.5 percent,” said Keith Tignor, State
Apiarist.
This
is the highest rate since 2000, which was when the state began
monitoring bee winter losses.
Hot
Eastern Siberia on July 5
Temperatures
are running into the upper 80s and lower to mid 90s (F) in Eastern
Siberia on July 5, 2018 -- which is up to 36 F above average. Warmer
than normal temperatures extend well into the Arctic Ocean. And smoke
from large Siberian wildfires is visible in the satellite shot.
@NOAA_ESRL @jingqiumao @steverarnold @polarprediction
Heat
over Siberia and parts of the Arctic Ocean is wreaking havoc on
forests and could have impacts on sea ice. It’s possible that
temperatures could crack the 90s in Siberia to end the week, which is
bad news because the region is already a smoldering, smoky mess.
It’s
the second time in two months that major wildfires have lit up
northeast Russia. The latest round is clearly visible on satellite
images, which show smoke spreading over an area roughly 1,250 miles
(2011 kilometers) wide. The scope of the smoke dwarves the County
Fire currently raging in California.
Smoke from Central Russia #wildfires extending into the #Arctic as far as the Beaufort Sea and Point Barrow/Utqiagvik #Alaska (~4000km) in the latest #Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service forecast https://bit.ly/2KNw49C
Over
31 celcius in northern Siberia now.
Hundreds
of thousands of people across a wide swathe of western and central
Japan were evacuated from their homes on Friday as torrential rain
flooded rivers and set off landslides, killing at least four people.
The
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its strongest possible
warning about the "historic" rainfall and said more was set
to batter already saturated areas through Sunday, raising the danger
of more landslides and major damage.
One
part of the main island of Honshu had been hit with twice the total
amount of rain for a normal July by Friday morning, and the rain was
relentless through the day.
A
sudden flooding of the river Nenska in the village of Tchuberi in
Svaneti region has cut the village off from the rest of Georgia, as
all five bridges have been destroyed, infrastructure has been heavily
damaged and many of the houses are in water.
The
village has no electricity and there is no mobile connection, Gvantsa
Japaridze, a local official told the Netgazeti.ge.
Meanwhile it made 45 degrees Celsius in Yerevan, Armenia (official temperature - 42C)
Meanwhile it made 45 degrees Celsius in Yerevan, Armenia (official temperature - 42C)
The
data has come through from the financial year and it was hot with
maximum temperatures the warmest on record from July to June.
Minimums
were also above average but not record-breaking, at only 0.72 degrees
above the long term average.
The
Bureau of Meteorology's David Jones said it was quite remarkable how
consistent the temperature anomalies were.
A
message on a church noticeboard saying 'whoever is praying for fine
weather please stop'.
"The
only part of Australia that saw temperatures almost average was the
far north west corner," he said.
It’s been few and far between and the lack of it has broken all-time records, especially in western NSW. That’s rain we’re talking about of course.
NSW
in general has had its driest start to a year in 30 years, but in
some areas of NSW, it’s the driest it’s ever been. That’s
despite some solid rain in the last week in parts of central NSW and
in the far north of the Northern Tablelands.
Broken
Hill collected just 18.2mm of rain during the last six months, which
makes this their driest first half of a year in records dating back
to the late 1800s, according to Weatherzone.
Syracuse,
N.Y. -- With another 90-plus degree today, Syracuse is off to its
hottest early July in 107 years.
The
average high temperature in the first five days of July has been 92.2
degrees. The record is 93.6, set way back in 1911.
Syracuse
hit 91 degrees at 3:19 p.m. today, the fourth 90-degree day in the
first five days of the month. The coolest day, relatively speaking,
was Tuesday, when it was "only" 87 at Hancock International
Airport.
Today
is the eighth 90-degree day so far this year, with the hottest part
of the summer still to come.
Dozens
of wildfires are burning across the West, from California to
Colorado, with thousands of firefighters toiling away in hot, dry
weather, trying to prevent the blazes from burning down homes and
businesses.
Why
it matters: These fires are coming early in the wildfire season,
which is potentially a bad sign for how the rest of the summer and
fall may proceed, before winter rains and snow presumably return. In
other words, the horrific wildfire season of 2017, which was the
worst in California history, could be nearly equaled or exceeded this
year.
It
was a steamy Independence Day over much of the eastern half of the
nation, especially in the Ohio Valley and Northeast, where the
temperatures surged into the 90s with high humidity. Record highs
fell in New York, Georgia, and Maine.
More
heat is ahead today (Thursday), as the heat index will lift into the
triple digits along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and approach 100
into New England. The mercury will surge into the 90s.
Heat
related illnesses such as heat exhaustion and heat
Population
and agricultural growth puts a strain on water resources. Many
countries in the Middle East are suffering from a water shortage due
to drought as well as mismanagement. This can lead to economic and
consequently political instability.
One
of the most vulnerable countries is Iran, who has not developed an
effective system of water supply and use.
In
fact, drought poses a bigger threat for the future of Iran than the
countries it considers “enemies” — US and Israel.
The
temperatures will be sizzling hot the next few days across the
Southwest, especially in the desert areas of Nevada, Arizona, and
California. Heat alerts include Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and
Phoenix. Widespread triple digit heat will be found in the deserts
today (Thursday), with 90s common in the rest of the Southwest.
The
vast majority of the country officially enters a state of “absolute
drought” today with no rainfall recorded at 24 out of 25 weather
stations during the last two weeks.
The
extreme weather conditions have prompted Irish Water to expand a
hosepipe ban from the Greater Dublin Area to the whole country from
Friday morning.
From
8am on Friday the use of hoses in nearly all circumstances will be
banned across the country. Irish Water warned the ban will likely
continue until at least July 31st in order to allow water sources to
replenish themselves.
The
hot dry spell is expected to continue for the foreseeable future with
Met Éireann saying it does not expect any rainfall within the next
10 days.
On
average, demand across all water resources nationally has increased
by 15 per cent, a level Irish Water said “cannot be sustained for
any period of time”.
Thirty-three
people have died in a heat wave that has baked the southern part of
the Canadian province of Quebec, officials say.
The
sweltering weather began last Friday with temperatures hitting 35C
(95F) and high humidity.
The
death toll has climbed every day this week, with most of the victims
between the ages of 50 to 80.
The
heat wave is the worst the province has seen in decades, officials
say.
Temperatures
rise in NSW! 5-9 degrees above average
Ben
Domensino, Thursday July 5, 2018 - 17:59 EST
Parts
of NSW just had their warmest July day in more than half a century.
A
stream of air flowing over NSW from central Australia caused
temperatures to climb five to nine degrees above average across most
of the state on Thursday.
Gunnedah
(24.8C) had its warmest July day in 60 years, while Goulburn (19.7C)
and Wagga Wagga (20.1C) registered their highest July temperatures in
43 and 42 years, respectively.
Tamworth
(23.4C), Trangie (23.4C) and Dubbo (22.9C) all had their warmest July
day in more than two decades.
Further
east, Sydney registered its warmest day on record for the first week
of July, reaching a top of 25.3 degrees in the city shortly before
3pm. This beat the previous record of 24.1 degrees from the first
week of July in 2004.
The
warm air will linger over northern, central and eastern NSW into
Friday, although a cooler southwesterly change will flush the heat
out of the state by the weekend.
While
summer temperatures in Lapland typically remain in the teens, this
week it was much warmer than in the south.
The
record for Finland’s hottest temperature so far this year nearly
went to Finnish Lapland on Tuesday.
The
village of Kevo in Finland’s northernmost municipality, Utsjoki,
lost out by a whisker when it came to setting a heat record this
week. The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) says the mercury
topped out at 29.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
That
was just a tenth of degree below the summer record so far. It was set
back on May 15, when the temperature climbed to 29.6 degrees at
Helsinki Airport, in the south-eastern town of Kouvola and in
Kimitoön on the south-west coast.
Kevo’s
average temperature in July is 13 degrees. More than 1200 km north of
Helsinki, the town is home to a nature reserve and the University of
Turku’s Subarctic Research Station. It’s also Finland’s driest
location, receiving an annual average of just 415 mm of rain.
Emergency
repairs had to be made to a road in far north Queensland after
bitumen melted around car tyres, causing traffic chaos....
Meanwhile,
Tablelands Regional Council Mayor Joe Paronella said he understood it
was a change of weather that led to the tyre damage.
"I
have never seen anything like it and when the reports started coming
through yesterday it was just incredible," he said.
A
bin lorry sank into melted tarmac as Britain sweltered in some of the
hottest temperatures of the year so far.
Thames
Valley Police posted a photo of the HGV stuck in a road in Newbury,
Berkshire, as the vehicle awaited recovery.
It
has not been confirmed if hot weather caused the truck to sink into
the ground, as temperatures sat around the 27C mark in Berkshire.
In
a move straight out of the Soviet Union handbook, PG&E has warned
they may cut electrical power to some California residents during
“extreme weather” to help prevent wildfires.
This
comes after some poorly maintained Pacific Gas and Electric power
lines and equipment have been determined to have started last year’s
deadly wildfires in the Napa Valley wine country area.
Cal
Fire investigators said Friday that equipment owned and operated by
PG&E ignited 12 wildfires that raged in hot, dry weather and high
winds across Northern California in October, charring hundreds of
square miles in Sonoma County and beyond, destroying thousands of
structures and killing 18 people
A fast-spreading
wildfire in California's Siskiyou County sparked on Thursday has
caused the closure of Interstate 5 between Yreka, California and
Ashland, Oregon, and prompted authorities to declare a state of
emergency as the blaze has consumed 5,000 acres so far.
The
"Klamathon Fire" fire started around midday, southeast of
Hornbrook, and grew to 1,000 acres in the afternoon, reported Mail
Tribune. The Statesman Journal reported that the flames had spread
across 5,000 acres by the evening. At the time of writing the fire is
zero percent contained.
On
Thursday night, California Governor Edmund G. Brown declared a state
of emergency in Siskiyou County as residents were evacuated from
their homes.
“Governor
Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an emergency proclamation for
Siskiyou County due to the effects of the Klamathon Fire, which has
destroyed structures, threatened homes and critical infrastructure
and caused the evacuation of residents,” the declaration said.
All FAKE records of temperatures and climate events.
ReplyDelete‘The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science’.
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Tim’s website is
“Human Caused Global Warming”, 'The Biggest Deception in History’.
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