Palm Springs reached 47.2ºC, tying the record for the highest October temperature in the US. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
A exceptional hello from autumn heatwhich began in the southwestern United States last week, on Tuesday, October 1, temperatures soared to 47.2 ºC in Palm Springs, California, matching the highest temperature ever observed in the United States during the month of October. The maximum of 47.2 ºC also tied the record for North America during October, according to weather historian Maximiliano Herrera.
Dozens of other locations, including Phoenix y Death ValleyCalifornia, broke records for maximum temperatures in October, while vegas He stayed at the doors. In San Franciscowhere the 34.4 ºCTuesday was the most warm of the year.
A heat dome unusually intense hosted over the northeast of the Pacific Ocean and the western United States, and abnormally warm water temperatures in the region are the main boosters of historical temperatures.
Dozens of locations, including Phoenix, recorded record high temperatures last October. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
The heat—more typical of July and August—comes after the hottest summer. warm never recorded in many areas of California and the West. Average temperatures across the planet have been at levels record or close to them during the last 15 months, as the climate change caused by man has been raising temperatures.
The heat has no signs of subsiding. Around 40 million people in parts of California, Arizona y Nevada are under heat alert on Wednesday, many of which will continue through the end of the week. Phoenix y San Francisco, Saint Joseph, Burbank y Palm Springs in California are among the cities under coronavirus alerts. excessive heat.
The heat is fueling concern for fires in a parched region, already scorched by numerous large fires during the summer. The fire Line Firein Southern California, erupted on Sunday with rising temperatures and red flag warnings for hazardous fire conditions are in effect for the area of California between Monterrey and the mountainous areas of the county Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday.
Climate change continues to raise global temperatures to record levels in the last 15 months. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
The maximum temperature of 47.2 ºC reached on Tuesday Palm Springs surpassed the record of 46.1 ºC recorded in 1980 and the monthly record of 46.7 ºC registered on October 2 of the same year. It is the 15th time this year that at least 47.2 ºC. On July 5, a historical maximum of 51 ºC.
The maximum of 47.2 ºC equaled the record for October maximum temperatures in the US, set in Mecca, Californiaon October 2, 1980.
Phoenix also broke the October record on Tuesday, with a high of 45 ºC. That record was set just four days after reaching a record of 47.2 ºC in September. The maximum of 45 ºC surpassed in 3.3 ºC the previous daily and monthly records. It was also the eighth consecutive day in which a record has been broken.
Others records of October reached on Tuesday are:
Death Valley broke its October heat record at 45.5°C. (Daniel Jacobi II/Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP)
- 45.5 ºC in it Death Valleyovercoming 45 ºC in 2012.
- 45 ºC in Yuma, Arizonaovercoming 44.4 ºC in 1980.
- 44.4 ºC in Blythe y NeedlesCalifornia, surpassing 43.9 ºC y 42.8 ºC in 1980.
- 41.7 ºC in Van Nuys, Californiatying the 41.7 ºC of 2020.
- 40.6 ºC in Tucsonsurpassing the 39.4 ºC of 2020.
vegaswhich reached 38.9 ºCfailed to match its calendar day and October record by just one degree. On Tuesday alone, more than 200 warm temperature records in the western United States, after the near 2.500 recorded in the last third of September between the Southwest and Upper Midwest.
Dozens to hundreds of records are expected. warm temperatures over the weekend, before the heat slowly begins to subside next week.
For Wednesday and Thursday, maximum temperatures up to three digits in the California Central Valley and in the interior areas of the state. Widespread maximums are expected 40.6 ºC a 46.1 ºC in the deserts of Californiathe south of Nevada and the east of Arizona.
It is expected that Phoenix continue to threaten or exceed high temperatures at least until Tuesday, which could extend his streak of all-time highs about two weeks. Although the heat wave could peak on Wednesday, longer-term forecasts suggest above-normal temperatures will remain at least until the middle of the month.
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