Topline
Summer 2022 continues to burn through the record books–Boston broke a daily record high set in 1928 Thursday—and here’s a real-time tracker of the most noteworthy, daily record-breaking high temperatures in major U.S. cities so far, according to data from the National Weather Service.
Summer 2022 has brought record-breaking temperatures to the U.S.
Timeline
Phoenix reaches 113 degrees (daily record high).
Chicago hits 100 degrees, breaking a daily record set on the same day in 1987.
Atlanta hits 99 (daily record high).
Oakland hits 98 degrees (breaks 1954 daily record high by seven degrees).
San Francisco hits 98 degrees (daily record high).
Louisville reached 100 degrees (daily record high).
Memphis records 103 degrees (daily record high).
Dallas breaks the almost 70-year-old record when it reaches 107 degrees.
Salt Lake City breaks an almost 30-year-old record at 104 degrees (daily record high).
St. Louis breaks its 1988 record when temperatures rise to 103 degrees (daily record high).
Oklahoma City breaks a 1966 record at 110 degrees (daily record high).
Philadelphia records 99 degrees (daily record high).
Boston breaks a 35-year-old record at 100 degrees (daily record high).
Newark, New Jersey, reaches 102 degrees (daily record high).
Portland reaches 102 degrees (daily record high).
Seattle hits 94 degrees (daily record high).
Boston breaks its 1928 record this afternoon at 97 degrees, according to multiple reports.
Key Background
As of August 4, 73 million people are under heat alerts, as a heatwave grips the Northeast region of the United States. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations organization that researches and publishes on human-induced climate change, reported in its 2022 assessment report that many of the climate extremes of today—extreme heat, droughts, wildfires and heavy precipitation—are products of humans’ impact on climate change. Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that 2021 tied with 1936 for the warmest summer on record. June 2022 trails behind last June 2021 but is still the sixth warmest June on record. IPCC reports that climate hazards will only increase and limiting global warming would only reduce losses, not eliminate them.
Further Reading
Boston breaks temperature record set back in 1928 (Boston 25 News)
These U.S. Cities Could See Record-Breaking Temperatures As A Heat Wave Hits The Northeast (Forbes)
Thousands Of Cattle Reportedly Dumped Into Kansas Landfill After Dying From Extreme Heat (Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/darreonnadavis/2022/08/04/historically-hot-boston-breaks-1928-daily-record-high–these-are-the-key-record-breaking-temperatures-for-summer-2022/