![]() “The most vulnerable people are at both ends of the age spectrum,” Penn State University Professor W. ![]() ![]() Megan Williams, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Slidell, said residents through Sunday could expect heat index values - or what outside feels like - from 108 to 113 - and in some cases greater than 113. The Shreveport area Saturday saw temperatures as high as 110 while New Orleans hit the 101 mark. More scorching temperatures baked most of Louisiana on Saturday. In Minneapolis where the average daily high is 81.7, the high is to reach 95, before a cold front drops temperatures into the mid-80s on Sunday, according to the weather service.Ī heat advisory was issued for Sunday for parts of southern Wisconsin and high ozone levels are to affect air quality in Indiana, where temperatures are expected to reach the mid-90s by Wednesday, the weather service reported.Ī high of 95 is forecast by midweek in Chicago, 12 degrees above normal. Excessive heat warnings were also issued for parts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and Iowa. In Oklahoma City, the high is expected to reach 106, tying a record set in 1934 and in Topeka, Kansas, the high is forecast to reach 108 F, one degree shy of the record set in 1936.Īn excessive heat warning is in place from south Texas, western Louisiana across eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas and all of Missouri. Waco is on track to be the driest summer on record,” Bradshaw said. “There’s no sign that’s going to change anytime soon. Meanwhile, in Waco, about 90 miles south of Dallas, there has been no rainfall for a record-tying 49 straight days, since only a trace amount July 1. In July, the continental United States set a record for overnight warmth, providing little relief from daytime heat for people, animals, plants and the electric grid, meteorologists said. The previous record was 18 straight days, set in 1974. The historic heat began blasting the region in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert. Last month, the Phoenix area broiled under a record-setting 31 days of daily high temperatures of 110 degrees or above. It was also the first time in 130 years of recorded weather that Seattle had three days in a row with lows of 67 degrees or warmer. At Portland International Airport, the daily high temperature Monday of 108 degrees broke the previous daily record of 102 degrees, the National Weather Service said. Just days ago, daily high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest broke records. California ‘Widespread flooding’ expected as intense Hilary pounds Southern CaliforniaĪn unprecedented tropical storm warning is in effect from the California-Mexico border to Point Mugu and for Catalina Island.
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