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trescenzi 21 hours 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 21 hours ago [-]
you 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 21 hours ago [-]
I'm curious which years they were.
trescenzi 18 hours ago [-]
1999, 2006, 2010, 2011. There are others with multiple 100+ days but no others with 100+ in a row.
Disclaimer: not trying to make a climate statement here just genuinely curious.
high humidity hinders evaporative cooling, and extremely low humidity is dessication. overheated core, vs dehydration
This is the source: 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.
Hot summer weather is a UK tabloid perennial favorite, but obviously it hits a bit different here in the US when you've got A/C to go home to!