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I was curious how extreme this was in comparison to the past. I grew up near Philly so I looked at the Mount Holly historical data set. Since 1996, that’s the c
by trescenzi 4mo ago
I was curious how extreme this was in comparison to the past. I grew up near Philly so I looked at the Mount Holly historical data set. Since 1996, that’s the cutoff of the data I found, there’s been 4 summers with two 100+ days in a row in them. Zero instances of three in a row. Honestly it’s rare enough I didn’t believe it had ever been over 100. But it does seem like it’s a once every 10 or so years event. I’d already made plans to go to Florida. I guess I’m going there to avoid the heat this year.
Disclaimer: not trying to make a climate statement here just genuinely curious.
- rolph 4mo agoyou should also cross index that with Relative Humidity, thats what will get you. high humidity hinders evaporative cooling, and extremely low humidity is dessication. overheated core, vs dehydration
- BugsJustFindMe 4mo agoI'm curious which years they were.
- trescenzi 4mo ago1999, 2006, 2010, 2011. There are others with multiple 100+ days but no others with 100+ in a row. This is the source: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=GHCND https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=GHCND Not all of the stations have temp data so make sure you pick one with what you want.