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Nighttime Heat Waves in Pacific Northwest Quadruple over Last 30 Years
2013-07-20 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The heat is turning up in the Pacific Northwest. Washington and Oregon have been documented undergoing a marked rise in nighttime heat waves. Nighttime heat waves -- defined by a three-day period where the daily low temperature is in the top one percent of highest temperatures recorded -- have more than quadrupled in the last 30 years, according to researchers at the University of Washington. According to the researchers, the region west of the Cascades saw only three nighttime heat waves between...
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More heat, drought and floods in 2013
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Global average temperatures in June were the fifth highest on record, as above-average heat conditions continued a multidecade streak, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported yesterday. June marked the 340th consecutive month -- a span of time more than 28 years -- that global temperatures surged above the 20th century average, according to the agency. "The last below-average June temperature was June 1976 and the last below-average temperature for any month was February 1985,"...
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New York breaks peak power usage record in heat wave
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New York State's power grid operator said power usage on Friday broke a record set in 2006 as consumers cranked up their air conditioners to escape sweltering six day-long heat wave. The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) forecast consumer demand use peaked at 33,955 megawatts on Friday, up from 33,450 MW on Thursday, breaking the state's all-time record of 33,939 MW set in 2006. One megawatt powers about 1,000 homes. NYISO said it was possible that demand could continue to rise...
Are the East Coast heat waves related to global warming?
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Live Science: The heat wave gripping much of the East Coast and Midwest has people wondering: Could this scorching weather have any link to global warming? Experts say it's hard to connect any single event with long-term trends. Still, heat waves "are expected to happen more often in the future," said Jake Crouch, a scientist at the National Climatic Data Center. "As the average temperature increases, these types of events become more frequent." The current heat wave is somewhat unusual in that it is...
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Hotter Nights in Northwest as Heat Waves Rise in the Region
2013-07-20 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: In Western Oregon and Washington, the number of heat waves at night is rising, a new study found. Researchers said that people living in these regions must consider buying a fan or an air conditioner as temperatures might soar in the last week of July. Night-time heat waves occur when the low temperature of the day falls within one percent of the record temperature for at least three consecutive nights. In July 2009, a heat wave in Seattle broke temperature records dating back to 1891. This...
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