Monday, September 19, 2016

The Five Places Where Summer 2016 Was Most Unbearable

Summer 2016 had its fair share of excessive heat, humidity, drought, thunderstorms and flooding rain. 
Sweating through its fifth hottest summer - June through August - since the late 1800s, there were some locations that were stuck in a seemingly endless summer heat wave.
Based on the magnitude and persistence of one or more of the factors mentioned above, we subjectively ranked five areas with the worst summer weather of 2016. (If you love persistently hot weather, this is a best-weather list for you, perhaps with one notable exception.)

5. California

California topped another heat record this summer, clinching its hottest June-through-August period on record dating to 1895, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Thanks, in part, to the multi-year drought, the Golden State has now seen four of its seven hottest summers from 2013 through 2016.
California's Seven Hottest June-August Periods
(Data: NOAA/NCEI)
YearStatewide Mean Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit)
201675.5 degrees
200675.4 degrees
201575.3 degrees
199675.1 degrees
201475.1 degrees
200375.0 degrees
201374.9 degrees
Through Sept. 10, 4,636 large fires had burned just over 200,000 acres in California in 2016, almost 500 more fires than the same period in 2015 and over 800 more fires than the five-year-average, according to Cal Fire.
https://www.wunderground.com/news/worst-us-summer-weather-2016

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