West continues to bake while globe sets summer heat record

West continues to bake while globe sets summer heat record Show Caption Hide Caption 2024 breaks 2023 heat record, hottest summer on record, scientists say Climate experts say 2024 has recorded the hottest summer on record, with human activity being the contributing reason for the high temperatures. The blistering Western heat wave is forecast to continue into the weekend, as news comes out Friday that the summer of 2024 was the hottest on record for the planet. “During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal (Northern) summer on record,” said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which released the new data, in a statement. Temperatures in the 110s forecast High temperatures Friday were forecast to soar into the triple digits in much of the Southwest and interior California, with 110s in the typically hottest locations of the Desert Southwest, the National Weather Service said. In the Los Angeles area, which could see its hottest weather of the year Friday with temperatures near 100 degrees, “there is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for anyone, especially for the very young, the very old, those without air conditioning, and those active outdoors,” the weather service warned. 540-month streak continues Unfortunately, Earth being hot is nothing new: Our planet has seen over 540 consecutive months with temperatures above the 20th-century average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “This string of record temperatures is increasing the likelihood of 2024 being the hottest year on record,” Burgess said. Another record: Death Valley’s infamous heat record remains unbroken as summer ends “The temperature-related extreme events witnessed this summer will only become more intense, with more devastating consequences for people and the planet unless we take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” Burgess said. Hottest day was this summer The summer featured the hottest day on record: July 22, 2024, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. Details of summer 2024 report According to Friday’s report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service: • The global average temperature for boreal summer (June–August) 2024 was the highest on record at 1.24 degrees above the 1991-2020 average for these three months, surpassing the previous record from June–August 2023. • The average temperature for European land for summer (June-August) 2024 was the highest on record for the season at 2.77 degrees above the 1991-2020 average, exceeding the previous record from 2022. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2024/09/05/summer-2024-hottest-on-record-scientists-say/75086926007/