| View: | Click here to view the article |
| Title: | More dangerous heat waves are on the way: See the impact by Zip code. |
| Date: | 8/15/2022 5:15:00 AM |
| Summary: | Days with dangerous heat Heat index ≥100°F > 90 days 0 35 70 2023 2053 Days with dangerous heat Heat index ≥100°F 0 >90 days 35 70 2023 2053 Days with dangerous heat Heat index ≥100°F 0 35 70 >90 days 2023 2053 Wash. Mont. N.D. Maine Minn. Ore. Vt. Idaho N.H. Mass. N.Y. S.D. Wis. Mich. Conn. Wyo. R.I. Pa. Iowa Nebr. N.J. Nev. Ohio Md. Del. Utah Ind. Ill. D.C. W.Va. Calif. Colo. Va. Kans. Mo. Ky. N.C. Tenn. Ariz. Okla. Ark. S.C. N.M. Ga. Ala. Miss. La. Tex. Fla. Days with dangerous heat Heat index ≥100°F 35 70 >90 days 0 It was the middle of July and already this summer had become a top contender for the hottest in Texas’s recorded history. In San Antonio, which by July would normally experience about three days of triple-digit heat, there had been three dozen. Houston, Waco and Austin were also seeing temperatures 5 to 8 degrees above normal. The state was roasting and Texans were using a record amount of electricity to stay cool. New calculations suggest that, by the middle of this century, this record-breaking summer in Texas may look normal. Across much of the United States, millions of people are expected to experience extreme temperatures more frequently and for longer periods of time — a threat that will grow as climate change worsens. The new data, released Monday by the nonprofit First Street Foundation, calculates the heat risk facing each property in the contiguous United States over the next 30 years, the length of a... |
| Organization: | Washington Post - Climate and Environment |
| Date Added: | 8/15/2022 6:39:02 AM |
| ===================================================================== |