Extreme heat broke meteorological records, canceled flights, and made life miserable for millions of people.
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This map depicts land surface temperature anomalies for July 20 to 27, 2011, in the midst of a month-long heatwave across much of the United States.
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In the United States, pervasive and persistent heat domes put more than 150 million people under heat warnings and advisories in the month of July.
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Temperature Extremes
All-time national and regional records for summer temperatures have fallen several times in recent weeks.
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July’s extreme heat in the United States radiated energy out into space as shown in this image from July 22, 2011.
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In the summer of 2016, extreme heat waves gripped Siberia, the Middle East, and North America.
In June 2021, all-time temperature records fell in multiple cities in the U.S. and Canada during a “historic and dangerous” heatwave.
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Record-breaking heat has exacerbated clusters of wildfires burning throughout the state.
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