Intraday adaptation is larger for locations and dates with time flexibility, for individuals more frequently exposed to heat, and for parks situated in urban areas. Such within-day adaptation substantially reduces heat exposure, yet it also delays the active time at night by about half an hour, ...
In the summer of 1983, many states in the Southeast experienced a rather severe flash drought.Eleven states were affected, and in Kentucky,Louisville saw its second-worst drought in the 20th century, experiencing dryness so severe that most of the state's vegetation was forced into dormancy and...
In New Mexico and Nevada, the temperatures will still be hot but "monsoon-like conditions" will remain over the region. Highs over the weekend will be in the mid- to upper 100s with scattered showers and storms bringing the threat for locally heavy downpours. The heavy rain and flash floo...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its latest three-month outlook for August, September and October. The prediction shows above-average temperatures are expected in almost every state through the end of the summer and start of the fall. The North...
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The scientists represent several fields of study and come from 1501(country) around the world. They approved a report that appeared in the publication Bioscience2(early) this month. It warns that the world would face “untold human suffering”3it does not make deep and lasting shifts in human...
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The historic heat began blasting the lower Southwest U.S. in late June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California's desert. On Sunday, a massive wildfire burning out of control in California's Mojave National Preserve spread rapidly amid erratic winds, while firefig...
June 1994 can be classified as a record-breaking month, as just two days prior to Lake Havasu City and Laughlin’s heatwaves, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico reached 122 °F. The last of the top five hottest temperatures was July 6, 1936, when Steele, North Dakota’s ...
temperatures are typically measured before sunrise and before 6h00 in the morning. 3.3. Ambient Temperature Data Ambient (outdoor) mean (summarized inFigure 2), minimum and maximum temperature and RH measurements made at the Thohoyandou airport by month are given in detail inTable S2. The ...