Post by Andrei Tchentchik on Sept 4, 2019 16:23:06 GMT 2
(.#A.014).- Mercury rises to 32 degrees Celsius in southern Alaska.
Mercury rises to 32 degrees Celsius in southern Alaska.
Saturday July 6, 2019.
Global warming is hitting harder than elsewhere.
LOS ANGELES - (AFP) This is a historic record: the temperature has passed Thursday 32 degrees Celsius in Anchorage, the largest city in the US state of Alaska, which bears the full brunt of the impact of global warming.
According to meteorologists, the average maximum temperature for a July 4th in Anchorage is 18.3 degrees Celsius.
"At 5 pm, the Anchorage International Airport has officially reached 90 degrees (Fahrenheit, or about 32.2 degrees Celsius) for the first time" since surveys were conducted there, tweeted overnight at the weather agency. National Weather Service (NWS) for the city.
The previous record was June 14, 1969 at 85 degrees Fahrenheit, or 29.4 degrees Celsius. The first temperature readings at the airport began in 1952.
"Several other historical records have been broken at various observation sites in southern Alaska," which is undergoing a "heat wave" for some experts, the NWS said yesterday morning. This is particularly the case in Kenai, where it was 31.6 degrees Celsius (against 30.5 degrees Celsius in June 1903 and June 1953) and King Salmon (31.6 degrees Celsius as well).
The traditional fireworks on July 4th, the US National Day, had been canceled because of these "extremely dry weather conditions" that greatly increase the risk of wildfires.
TWICE FASTER
Although this new record looks impressive, it is not uncommon to record in the summer temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius in Alaska, especially inland where the extremes are more pronounced.
The city of Fairbanks, yet located about 500 km further north of Anchorage, experienced a temperature of 37.2 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) on July 28, 1919. And more recently, August 5, 1994, mercury The temperature is 34 degrees Celsius, according to the NWS archives.
Alaska had already broken records last spring, especially in the Arctic zone, which is very sensitive to climate change. And every day of June, without exception, have temperatures above normal seasonal, says the NWS.
According to scientists, Alaska is warming twice as fast as the global average. "From 1901 to 2016, the average temperatures in the United States increased by one degree Celsius, while in Alaska, they increased 2.6 degrees," noted in April Rick Thoman, expert Assessment Center and of Alaska's climate policy.
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Mercury rises to 32 degrees Celsius in southern Alaska.
Saturday July 6, 2019.
Global warming is hitting harder than elsewhere.
LOS ANGELES - (AFP) This is a historic record: the temperature has passed Thursday 32 degrees Celsius in Anchorage, the largest city in the US state of Alaska, which bears the full brunt of the impact of global warming.
According to meteorologists, the average maximum temperature for a July 4th in Anchorage is 18.3 degrees Celsius.
"At 5 pm, the Anchorage International Airport has officially reached 90 degrees (Fahrenheit, or about 32.2 degrees Celsius) for the first time" since surveys were conducted there, tweeted overnight at the weather agency. National Weather Service (NWS) for the city.
The previous record was June 14, 1969 at 85 degrees Fahrenheit, or 29.4 degrees Celsius. The first temperature readings at the airport began in 1952.
"Several other historical records have been broken at various observation sites in southern Alaska," which is undergoing a "heat wave" for some experts, the NWS said yesterday morning. This is particularly the case in Kenai, where it was 31.6 degrees Celsius (against 30.5 degrees Celsius in June 1903 and June 1953) and King Salmon (31.6 degrees Celsius as well).
The traditional fireworks on July 4th, the US National Day, had been canceled because of these "extremely dry weather conditions" that greatly increase the risk of wildfires.
TWICE FASTER
Although this new record looks impressive, it is not uncommon to record in the summer temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius in Alaska, especially inland where the extremes are more pronounced.
The city of Fairbanks, yet located about 500 km further north of Anchorage, experienced a temperature of 37.2 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) on July 28, 1919. And more recently, August 5, 1994, mercury The temperature is 34 degrees Celsius, according to the NWS archives.
Alaska had already broken records last spring, especially in the Arctic zone, which is very sensitive to climate change. And every day of June, without exception, have temperatures above normal seasonal, says the NWS.
According to scientists, Alaska is warming twice as fast as the global average. "From 1901 to 2016, the average temperatures in the United States increased by one degree Celsius, while in Alaska, they increased 2.6 degrees," noted in April Rick Thoman, expert Assessment Center and of Alaska's climate policy.
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