It is all coming down faster than previously expected my friends. Heat records have fallen all over the world this week. Thirty three dead and counting in Montreal from extreme wet-bulb temperatures. Meanwhile, a blowtorch is blasting away at northern Siberia and the Laptev and East Siberian seas. (see story below the fold).
Yours truly came quite close to a heat stroke on Thursday, and just about blacked out in the scorching sun. I’m scared and so incredibly sad, I never expected to see this much change to the climate in my lifetime.
A massive and intense heat dome has consumed the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southeast Canada since late last week. It’s not only been hot but also exceptionally humid. Here are some of the notable all-time records set:
Denver tied its all-time high-temperature record of 105 degrees on June 28. Mount Washington, N.H., tied its all-time warmest low temperature of 60 degrees on July 2. Burlington, Vt., set its all-time warmest low temperature ever recorded of 80 degrees on July 2. Montreal recorded its highest temperature in recorded history, dating back 147 years, of 97.9 degrees (36.6 Celsius) on July 2. The city also posted its most extreme midnight combination of heat and humidity. Ottawa posted its most extreme combination of heat and humidity on July 1.Excessive heat torched the British Isles late last week. The stifling heat caused roads and roofs to buckle, the Weather Channel reported, and resulted in multiple record highs:
Scotland provisionally set its hottest temperature on record. The U.K. Met Office reported Motherwell, about 12 miles southeast of Glasgow, hit 91.8 degrees (33.2 Celsius) on June 28, passing the previous record of (32.9 Celsius) set in August 2003 at Greycrook. Additionally, Glasgow had its hottest day on record, hitting 89.4 degrees (31.9 Celsius). In Ireland, on June 28, Shannonhit 89.6 degrees (32 Celsius), its record. In Northern Ireland, Belfasthit 85.1 degrees (29.5 Celsius) on June 28, its record. Castlederghit 86.2 degrees (30.1 Celsius) on June 29, its recordA large dome of high pressure, or heat dome, has persistently sat on top of Eurasia over the past week, resulting in some extraordinarily hot weather:
Tbilisi, Georgia: On July 4, the capital city soared to 104.9 degrees (40.5 Celsius), its all-time record. Yerevan, Armenia: On July 2, the capital city soared to 107.6 degrees (42 Celsius), a record high for July and tying its record for any month. Several locations in southern Russiatopped or matched their warmest June temperatures on record on the 28th.