HomeWorldEnvironmentExtraordinary US October heat wave scorches the west through the weekend. More than 200 October record highs have been set and extreme temperatures are poised to persist for several more days.
Extraordinary US October heat wave scorches the west through the weekend.
More than 200 October record highs have been set and extreme temperatures are poised to persist for several more days.
October 5, 2024
Extraordinary US October heat wave scorches the west through the weekend. More than 200 October record highs have been set and extreme temperatures are poised to persist for several more days.
Relentless and historic autumn heat is blasting the western United States. Heat alerts from the National Weather Service remain in effect for about 30 million people in portions of California, Arizona and Nevada.
Midsummer-like temperatures have persisted longer than expected in a good chunk of California, where highs near and above 100 remain common in the state’s interior through at least Sunday. Some coastal zones will see daily temperatures rising to around 90 while interior deserts are 110-plus.
Heat warnings have been extended into the weekend around San Francisco and early next week for parts of Los Angeles southward to the east of San Diego.
It comes after hundreds of records fell again Thursday, with similar expected each day through the weekend.
During this heat wave, many locations in the Bay Area have witnessed their hottest days of the summer season. San Francisco reached 94, while Oakland made it to 97 and Napa hit 106. Thursday featured extensive all-time highs for October in the Central Valley.
Phoenix set yet another record high Thursday, moving to 10 daily record highs in a row. It is an unprecedented run of heat records for the city and is approaching a record for any American city.
Exacerbated fire risks are also ongoing — new starts were reported in Southern California Thursday. Red-flag warnings for the greatest fire danger cover a large swath, generally on the north end of the hottest weather at present, running from northern California through the north-central Rockies and out to the Plains of Wyoming and South Dakota
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Relentless and historic autumn heat is blasting the western United States. Heat alerts from the National Weather Service remain in effect for about 30 million people in portions of California, Arizona and Nevada.
Midsummer-like temperatures have persisted longer than expected in a good chunk of California, where highs near and above 100 remain common in the state’s interior through at least Sunday. Some coastal zones will see daily temperatures rising to around 90 while interior deserts are 110-plus.
Heat warnings have been extended into the weekend around San Francisco and early next week for parts of Los Angeles southward to the east of San Diego.
It comes after hundreds of records fell again Thursday, with similar expected each day through the weekend.
During this heat wave, many locations in the Bay Area have witnessed their hottest days of the summer season. San Francisco reached 94, while Oakland made it to 97 and Napa hit 106. Thursday featured extensive all-time highs for October in the Central Valley.
Phoenix set yet another record high Thursday, moving to 10 daily record highs in a row. It is an unprecedented run of heat records for the city and is approaching a record for any American city.
Exacerbated fire risks are also ongoing — new starts were reported in Southern California Thursday. Red-flag warnings for the greatest fire danger cover a large swath, generally on the north end of the hottest weather at present, running from northern California through the north-central Rockies and out to the Plains of Wyoming and South Dakota