2023-07-05 17:40:33
WASHINGTON – The average global temperature on the planet’s surface hit a record 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (or 17.18 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, July 4, according to an analysis by the University of Maine.
The new record, since records began in 1979, surpassed the previous record of 62.62 Fahrenheit (or 17.01 Celsius) recorded last Monday, according to the University’s Climate Reanalyzer project.
The combination of an early El Niño and climate change has led to warnings from scientists who have predicted this to be one of the hottest years on record.
In early June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had signaled the onset of El Niño, a weather phenomenon linked to rising temperatures in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean.
According to NOAA, the El Niño effect might cause a rainy summer in the southern United States and along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
Robert Rohde, of Berkeley Earth at the University of California, said in a Twitter message that “this combination might well bring even hotter days in the next six weeks.”
The National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts for this Wednesday temperatures of more than 100 Fahrenheit (or 38 degrees Celsius) in Las Vegas (Nevada), El Paso (Texas) and Albuquerque (New Mexico), which might reach 110 Fahrenheit (or 43.3 Celsius) in Phoenix (Arizona).
Likewise, temperatures between 90-100 Fahrenheit (33 and 37 Celsius) are expected in San Antonio and Dallas (Texas), Jacksonville and Tampa (Florida), Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), Memphis (Tennessee), New Orleans, (Louisiana), and Washington DC.
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