Keep «Em Cool When Summer Living Is Steamy
The latest summer heat wave is upon us, and it's won't be the last of the season.
And since I fully expect
a late summer heat wave — we always get one in September — these will earn their keep before getting shelved for the winter.
Not exact matches
«The
late spring and early
summer have already brought several
heat waves, which can be life - and - death matters for New Yorkers with serious medical conditions,» Cuomo said.
The researchers looked at real - world observations and confirmed that this temperature pattern does correspond with the double - peaked jet stream and waveguide patter associated with persistent extreme weather events in the
late spring and
summer such as droughts, floods and
heat waves.
We don't usually get an official
heat wave until
later in the
summer, but we already had one in June.
This is not too surprising, as
late May / early June is historically one of the most stable periods of the year across most of the state, as the winter rainy season has fully tapered off and the peak of the
summer heat wave and «monsoonal surge» season has yet to begin.
Fortunately the wheat crop was largely harvested when this
late -
summer heat wave began, so the losses in that sector were modest.
Another extreme
heat wave came in Western Europe in the
late summer of 2003.
For instance, the
summer of 2002 in Europe brought widespread floods but was followed a year
later in 2003 by record - breaking
heat waves and drought.