Topline
Summer 2022 continues to burn through the record books–with more than 1,200 places breaking daily high temperatures in the past 30 days—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 Fahrenheit.
Chicago hits 100 degrees, breaking a daily record set on the same day in 1987.
Atlanta hits 99 degrees.
Oakland hits 98 degrees (breaks 1954 daily record high by seven degrees).
San Francisco hits 98 degrees.
Louisville reached 100 degrees.
Memphis records 103 degrees.
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.
St. Louis breaks its 1988 record when temperatures rise to 103 degrees.
Oklahoma City breaks a 1966 record at 110 degrees.
Philadelphia records 99 degrees.
Boston breaks a 35-year-old record at 100 degrees.
Newark, New Jersey reaches 102 degrees.
Portland, Oregon reaches 102 degrees.
Seattle hits 94 degrees as the city recorded six straight days with temperatures above 90 degrees, its longest streak recorded.
Boston breaks its 1928 record this afternoon at 97 degrees, according to multiple reports.
Manchester, New Hampshire hits 98 degrees, breaking a daily record set in 1935, while in Albany and Poughkeepsie, New York, the temperature reaches daily records of 99 degrees.
Providence, Rhode Island reaches 95 degrees.
Toledo, Ohio hits 95 degrees.
Anaheim, California breaks a daily record with the high temperature reaching 98 degrees.
New Haven, Connecticut hits 93 degrees.
Missoula, Montana sets a daily record high at 103 degrees, breaking a record that stood for 31 years.
Casper, Wyoming hits 101 degrees, breaking a record daily high.
Boise reaches 103 degrees.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida hits 95 degrees.
Stockton, California hits 105 degrees.
Worcester, Massachusetts reaches 90 degrees.
Lancaster, California sets a daily record high with the temperature climbing to 109 degrees.
Key Background
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/2022/08/31/historically-hot-these-are-the-key-record-breaking-temperatures-for-summer-2022/