Austin – It was difficult to know the high daily temperatures in July, but the fact that Austin remains vulnerable to severe heat conditions.
The current extremist heat lines are three or more days, respectively, as the maximum temperature reflects more than 10 % of the daily temperature recorded in a site from 1991 to 2020. This 30 -year -old period provides the last set of regular regular daily temperatures.
The Climate Center, a media partner in KXAN, performed an analysis to increase the frequency of intense heat lines in 247 cities across the United States, including cities in Alaska and Hawaii.
The data showed that 198 (80 %) of these cities, including Austin, witnessed more severe heat lines from the back in the 1970s. The average number of these heat lines has increased by at least two years.
For Austin, the heat chain is defined as three consecutive days (or more) with maximum temperatures above 90. Severe heat lines reflect more than 10 % of the daily temperature recorded in the reporting site in Austin between 1991 and 2020.
This area is not alien to such tapes. For us, we tend to think about these strips as the daily height is 100 degrees or higher. Let’s return to 2023 to find a series of this heat that extends for 45 days between July 8 and August, with a high temperature exceeding 100 degrees. Now, this is a heat chain.
According to the collected data, Austin witnessed an increase of 5 heat lines between 2010 and 2019. This number decreased in the five years from 2020 to last year. But in the warming climate, and with the passage of 4.5 years on this contract, it is logical that as hot pollution continues to heat the planet, the number of intense heat lines in this decade may increase.
There are no positives to heat steps. These strips that can last for several days make them more than just uncomfortable. It can increase air quality. how? Hot air rushes ozone formation at the ground level. Increasing forest fires release harmful particles in the air.
Heat lines can lead to an increase in the risk of developing heat. We discussed this several times. They can raise the power network, and expel A/C when we need it more than others.
Therefore, not just Austin and Texas feel the effects of these lines. The cities in the Ohio Valley, the northeast, southeast, and southwest are witnessing longer heat lines.
July witnessed a series of heat for three days with a height of 98 degrees at 22 and 23, and the first 100 degrees per month in 24. This series, as it was, ended 90 degrees in 25.
We will follow this for the rest of this month, especially in August, which is the hottest of the year.