US Heatwave and Drought (record stats)
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:54 am
Jeff Masters from Weather Underground recently did a good rundown of the sheer number of records broken with the US heatwave this summer: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=1855
The South has also continued its prolonged severe drought conditions with Texas on track to cop its worst drought on record if things don't drastically change soon.
Some highlights:
2,100 daily high maximum temperature records have been set so far in July 2011, and 51% of those were set last week. 4,734 daily high minimum temperature records have been set so far this month, and 55% of those were set last week.
Here's a breakdown of last week's records for the period July 18 through July 24:
High Maximum:
• 1,076 warmest maximum temperature for the date
• 90 warmest maximum temperature for the month of July
• 56 warmest maximum temperature of all time
High Minimum:
• 2,595 warmest minimum temperature for the date
• 207 warmest minimum temperature for the month of July
• 123 warmest minimum temperature of all time
The South has also continued its prolonged severe drought conditions with Texas on track to cop its worst drought on record if things don't drastically change soon.
Some highlights:
2,100 daily high maximum temperature records have been set so far in July 2011, and 51% of those were set last week. 4,734 daily high minimum temperature records have been set so far this month, and 55% of those were set last week.
Here's a breakdown of last week's records for the period July 18 through July 24:
High Maximum:
• 1,076 warmest maximum temperature for the date
• 90 warmest maximum temperature for the month of July
• 56 warmest maximum temperature of all time
High Minimum:
• 2,595 warmest minimum temperature for the date
• 207 warmest minimum temperature for the month of July
• 123 warmest minimum temperature of all time