The United States has continued to see scorching temperatures as a warmth wave bakes a lot of the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what the numbers inform us concerning the warmth and the way it’s affecting Americans:
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Tuesday marked 19 straight days of temperatures at or above 110 levels in Phoenix, breaking the 18-day streak set in 1974.
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Phoenix additionally set a report on Monday for the variety of consecutive days — eight — when the low temperature was within the 90s.
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More than 86 million folks within the United States reside in areas that had been anticipated to see harmful warmth ranges on Wednesday.
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For 33 days, El Paso has reached temperatures at or above 100 levels.
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Sacramento and Stockton, Calif., each reached 109 levels on Sunday, report highs for the date.
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Las Vegas is beneath an extreme warmth warning by Saturday, with temperatures anticipated to achieve 113 levels this week.
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Las Vegas, N.M., recorded its highest temperature ever when it hit 100 levels within the metropolis on Tuesday.
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A monitoring station in Hoonah, Alaska, within the state’s southeast panhandle, hit a report excessive of 78 levels on Tuesday, breaking the report for that date by one diploma. The space’s excessive temperatures for July are sometimes nearer to 63 levels.
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Boise Airport, in Idaho, hit 105 levels on Sunday, 11 levels hotter than regular for that date.
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Canadian wildfire smoke has made its technique to the South. Atlanta had an air high quality index of 151 on Tuesday. A quantity above 100 is taken into account unhealthy for delicate teams, and one above 200 is taken into account unhealthy for everybody.
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San Angelo, Texas, hit 110 levels on Tuesday, the twentieth day this 12 months it has been 105 levels or larger there. Last 12 months’s whole was 23. There was not a day in 2021 that exceeded 105 levels.
Camille Baker and John Keefe contributed reporting.
Source: www.nytimes.com