![]() The states with the most cities recording their hottest-ever summer are Texas, at nine Florida, with five Louisiana, with four and Alaska, at three, Mobile, Alabama and San Juan, Puerto Rico also saw their hottest-ever summers. Record hot summers were recorded in major cities from like from Miami, New Orleans, Houston and Phoenix, which also experienced its driest summer on record, with just. More than two dozen locations across America saw their hottest summer on record in 2023, according to records for June, July and August. Other cities like Detroit Chicago Minneapolis Philadelphia Richmond, Virginia and Lubbock, Texas, will likely reach near record-breaking high temperatures over the coming days. The highest temperature the nation's capital has experienced so far this year is 97 degrees. Washington, D.C., is expected to reach near-record temperatures in the coming days and could reach up to 100 degrees on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. This will be a significant change for metropolitan areas like New York City, which has only experienced stretches in the 90s for three consecutive days this year, none of which have occurred in the past month. The Northeast will see its first true heat wave of the year, with high temperatures in the 90s from Sunday through Thursday. ![]() Regions from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes and the Northeast will experience record heat starting Sunday and will last for the next several days. Total number of days, in the time period above, where a low was colder than 20° - 5įrequency of occurrence - every 1.5 yearsįrequency of occurrence - every 8.The last holiday weekend of the summer will bring scorching temperatures to a large portion of the U.S. Total number of days, in the time period above, where a low was colder than 20° - 54 The following two tables shows the 10 coldest low temperatures that have occurred in Tucson during two selected time periods. ![]() For a better idea on how much has changed in observing the weather, NOAA has a webpage title "A History of Observing the Weather". Remember that weather forecasting was much different 110 years ago. During the slow progress of filling up the depression west of the Continental Divide, extremely cold weather developed, and temperatures as low as or lower than any previously observed occurred in many locals." During the next 24 hours there was a movement of the anticyclone southward on the east side of the Continental Divide, blocking any further progress eastward of the western depression then central in southwestern Colorado, and at the same time forcing the eastern part of the depression southward to the west coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In this region the pressure was more than half an inch below the normal, while in the distant Northwest there was an excess of four-tenths of an inch, but unaccompanied by unusually low temperatures. "The conditions that led up to the severe weather may be briefly stated as having their start in a low-pressure area on the morning of the 4th, extending from Arkansas on the east to the lower Colorado River. This review was published by the American Meteorological Society. ![]() The following account was taken from the Monthly Weather Review for January 1913. Damage also occurred to the citrus crop in Arizona with the money loss being significantly less. Newspapers reported that the cold wave in southern California was historic at the time and brought an estimated $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 worth of damage to the citrus crop. This record setting cold in Tucson and other parts of Arizona was associated with an Arctic cold snap that also hit southern California. ![]() In recent times, the closest Tucson has come to this record was during the February 2011 cold snap (38 on the 3rd, which currently stands as the 7th coldest high temperature on record). This record still stands today but has been tied three times (January 21, 1937 January 3, 1949 & January 4, 1949). The high on the 6th of 36° set a new all-time record low maximum temperature, breaking the previous record of 37° from Febru& January 5, 1910. The 6° broke the previous record low of 10° which occurred on December 14, 1901. Based on newspaper reports some low-lying areas in Tucson did report temperatures as low as zero. On the morning of January 7, 1913, the mercury bottomed out at a frigid 6° at the University of Arizona, then the official temperature location in Tucson. This Janumarks the 110 year anniversary of the coldest low temperature recorded in Tucson. ![]()
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