For more than three weeks, a blistering mass of brutally hot air has been baking the southern United States, toppling records from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Here are five notable things about this heat:
Heat domes are like any other high-pressure system; they may linger a few days, and then typically saunter eastward or break down as the overarching jet stream pattern changes. In this case, however, the heat dome has been a semi-permanent feature of North America’s weather pattern for weeks on end.
That has manifested in a number of records set, including in Phoenix, which just tied its longest-lasting streak at or above 110 degrees. Monday marked the 18th consecutive day to reach or exceed 110. That record will be broken Tuesday, when the high temperature is forecast to hit 117 degrees Tuesday and 118 on Wednesday and Thursday.
Las Vegas made it to 116 on Sunday, one degree shy of its all time record. The city has hit 117 degrees on five occasions since bookkeeping began in 1937, four of which occurred in the past two decades. On Saturday and Sunday, Reno, Nev., set daily records, coming in at 106 and 108 degrees respectively; the latter also tied the city’s all-time record.On Monday, Grand Junction, Colo., tied its all-time record of 107; bookkeeping dates back to 1893.
. And Gallup, N.M., got to 101 degrees, tying an all-time record and establishing a new July record. Gallup sits at an elevation of 6,647 feet.Introducing the newest Oklahoma Mesonet extreme: 126F heat index at the Paul’s Valley site. This is our highest ever heat index measurement in our nearly 30 year history. 😳
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