Thread: Why is it so Hot Everywhere?

• Century-old heat records fall in B.C. as weather system brings warmth and wind

Unseasonably warm weather has broken temperature records in southern British Columbia, including century-old marks in the provincial capital.

Multiple records fell on Wednesday at weather stations throughout Greater Victoria, where a high of 12.9 degrees surpassed a record set in 1922.

Environment Canada says high temperature marks were also broken in West Vancouver, where the mercury hit 14 degrees and shattered a 1986 high by 2.5 degrees, and White Rock where the high of 13.5 degrees broke a record standing for 88 years.

Records were also set in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast, with 13.7 degrees, and as far afield as Osoyoos in the Interior, with 6.9 degrees.

• Heat records set in three Alberta communities

BROOKS, AB – It may be near the end of December, but it certainly does not feel like winter in many parts of Alberta.

Environment Canada reports that three communities in the province had their warmest December 28ths on record.

Brooks got the warmest with a daily maximum temperature of 13.3 degrees Celsius. That barely inched past the previous record of 13.2 set in 1999.

In Onefour, a research substation in the southeastern corner of Alberta, it got as hot as 12.4 degrees, surpassing the 1956 record of 12.2.

Jasper was a bit cooler at 9.2 degrees, although it was enough to topple the old record of 6.8 set in 1980.

• Marble Bar: Temperatures hit all-time scorching high in hottest town in Australia

The temperature has hit an all-time high in Marble Bar, with a scorching 49C recorded at the local weather station late on Saturday afternoon.

Although the Pilbara town regularly sweats through sweltering weather, the Bureau of Meteorology-managed weather station in the outback town struck a record-breaking top of 49.3C at 3.56pm on Saturday — the hottest December day in WA on record.

In town, locals posed in front of the Marble Bar RSL’s weather sign that put the temperature at a sizzling 51C.

• These were the heat records broken in 2023

Humans have just experienced what will go down as the hottest year in recorded history -- so far -- as the planet experienced heating at an unprecedented pace.

Here are some of the most consequential stories of extreme heat from 2023:

Record stretches of triple-digit temperatures

Summer 2023 brought unparalleled stretches of triple-digit temperatures throughout the southern U.S.

El Paso, Texas, saw a record stretch of 44 consecutive days at or over 100 degrees in June and July, smashing the previous record of 23 consecutive days set in 1994, records show.

Phoenix, Arizona, saw a record-shattering stretch of 31 days at 110 degrees or greater, surpassing the previous record of 18 consecutive days.

Death Valley National Park saw 17 consecutive days over 120 degrees, from July 14 to July 30, according to the National Park Service.

Worldwide, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded for four days in a row in July.

Extraordinary marine temperatures

Before this past summer, 2022 was the ocean's warmest year on record. But in the summer of 2023, it managed to surpass that record.

Ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida soared to 101 degrees at the hottest points in the summer.

Marine temperatures began heating up early in the season. By July, temperatures were 4 degrees to 7 degrees above average for that time of year, which proved fatal for much of the coral reef in the area.

A mass coral bleaching event occurred in Florida during that time, followed by the rest of the Caribbean shortly after.

Record melting at the poles

Scientists have been keeping a close eye on melting in the poles due to the regions' ability to cause drastic sea level rise.

In February, Antarctica's sea ice extent, which serves as a buffer for some of the largest melting glaciers, reached a record low for the year.

By August, Antarctica saw its fourth consecutive month with the lowest sea ice extent on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In October, the ozone hole over Antarctica grew to one of the largest on record, and a study published that same month found that it may be too late to prevent significant melting on the West Antarctic ice shelf that includes Thwaites, known as the "Doomsday Glacier" because its melting could cause global sea levels to rise by about 10 feet, according to climate scientists.

This year marked the hottest summer on record for the Arctic.

The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than the global average, which already dramatically affecting Arctic ecosystems, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2023 Arctic Report Card.

One record-breaking month after another

Several months in 2023 broke records for being the warmest-ever on Earth, researchers said.

June was the warmest on record. July was the hottest month ever recorded. August was the warmest on record. September was the warmest on record. October was the warmest-ever recorded.

The emergence of autumn did not bring relief to high temperatures.

On Nov. 7, Amarillo, Texas, hit an all-time November high at 88 degrees, while temperatures in Hollis, Oklahoma, soared to 95 degrees -- the hottest temperature in the state so late in the season, according to the National Weather Service.

The abnormally warm conditions then spread to the eastern seaboard, bringing temperatures in the 80s as far north as Virginia.

For the first time on record, the global average temperature surpassed 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels on Nov. 17, according to a preliminary analysis from Copernicus, Europe's climate change service.

This past November was also the warmest on record, while September to November 2023 was the warmest autumn on record for the Northern Hemisphere, according to a report by Copernicus.

It’s the sun, innit.

This preoccupation with doom is really becoming a fucking bore. There’s nowt that can be done and there it is. Weather is dynamic, the balance between oxygen and CO2 in the atmosphere is a perennial phenomenon and nothing lasts forever.

This incessant fucking moaning and silly eco neurosis is unhealthy.

Thd fact is, we are in the golden period in the evolution of our solar system, just enjoy it.

The current Age of The Stupid is much more worrying.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

It’s the sun, innit.

and again......nope

Originally Posted by S Landreth

It’s not the sun.

Zeke Hausfather - December 2023 is now certain to be the warmest December on record in the JRA-55 dataset, beating the prior record by over 0.2C. It will end just below September as the second highest anomaly of the year (with respect to an 1850-1900 baseline period). https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1741917028540387467

Zeke Hausfather - Here is what December 2023 will look like compared to all the other Decembers in the JRA-55 record: https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1741917033242267791

• 2023 was UK’s second-hottest year on record

The UK had its second-hottest year on record in 2023, according to provisional data from the Met Office, as the climate crisis continued to deliver elevated temperatures.

Such a warm year would have occurred only once in 500 years without human-caused global heating, the scientists said. The heat peaked in June and September, both record hot months in a series dating back to 1884. The UK’s 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2003.

2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record

The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico experienced interesting and significant weather events throughout 2023. A preliminary report released by the National Weather Service (NWS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, noted that several weather-related records, predominantly temperature records, were shattered across both territories.

Heat-related weather events were striking across the USVI. Weather observations obtained at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix showed that the island registered its warmest year ever, with an average temperature of 82.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

https://stthomassource.com/content/2...d-puerto-rico/

• 2023 hottest year on record in Germany – meteorological service

2023 marked Germany's hottest year since records began in 1881, according to preliminary analyses by meteorological service DWD. The year's average temperature reached 10.6 degrees Celsius, 1.3°C higher than the reference period 1991 to 2020.

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

Game over!

We have reached the point of no return.

Yep, another thread fvcked by spamdreth.

‘Off the charts’: 2023 was hottest year ever recorded globally, US scientists confirm

Noaa calculated that last year’s global temperature was 1.35C (2.4F) hotter, on average, than the pre-industrial era, which is slightly less than the 1.48C (2.6F) increase that EU scientists, who also found 2023 was the hottest on record, came up with due to slightly different methodologies.

A separate analysis of 2023 released on Friday by Berkeley Earth has the year at 1.54C above pre-industrial times, which is above the 1.5C (2.7F) warming limit that countries have agreed to keep to in order to avoid disastrous global heating impacts. This guardrail will need to be broken on a consistent basis, rather than one year, to be considered fully breached, however.

The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation has driven the extraordinary warmth, which follows a string of hotter-than-average years in recent decades. Each decade over the past 40 years has been warmer than the last, Noaa said, with the most recent 10 years all making up the hottest 10 years ever recorded. Last year’s record heat was further spurred by El Niño, a periodic climatic event that heats up parts of the Pacific Ocean and heightens global temperatures.

2023: The Netherlands’ Warmest and Wettest Year on Record

Romania Records Warmest Year in 2023, Reaffirms Climate Commitment

Romania, in 2023, recorded its warmest year since the beginning of meteorological measurements, with the average temperature hitting an unprecedented 12.5 degrees Celsius. This figure represents a significant thermal deviation of 2.3 degrees from the prevailing averages of the 1981-2010 period. This record-breaking heat also led to the country experiencing its warmest Christmas to date, with temperatures soaring to 17 degrees Celsius.

• Paraburdoo hits highest recorded temperature during extreme heatwave in Western Australia's Pilbara

The small West Australian town of Paraburdoo hit its highest recorded temperature of 48.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday, passing a record previously set in 1998.

It comes amid an extreme heatwave in parts of the Pilbara region, with some areas forecast to get close to 50C.

The heatwave is expected to continue until Tuesday and residents throughout the Shire of Ashburton, north Gascoyne and Midwest have been urged to take necessary precautions.

With a forecast for 48C on Sunday, Paraburdoo, which sits 1,500 kilometres north of Perth and has a population of 1,300, broke its record twice in one weekend after hitting 47.9C on Saturday.

2023: Warmest Year Recorded in Bulgaria since 1930

According to a preliminary estimate of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) published on Friday, the average annual temperature for 2023 in Bulgaria was 12.9C - the warmest year recorded in the country since 1930.

Forest fires burn in Colombia amid record heat

At least 21 forest fires are burning in Colombia as it endures record temperatures, in some cases prompting wild animals to seek shelter in urban areas, authorities said Wednesday.

Nine towns in the north, center and east of Colombia posted record temperatures Tuesday of up to 40.4 degrees Celsius (105 Fahrenheit).

• Birdsville breaks Queensland record for hottest January day with 49.4C temperature

An outback town has recorded Queensland's hottest January day of all time and cemented its ranking as one of the top four warmest locations in Australia.

The town also recorded its hottest-ever overnight temperature, when the mercury failed to fall below 35.2C on Tuesday night.

• Spain basks in 30.7C temperatures - the warmest January day in Europe since records began

Spain basked in scorching temperatures on Thursday as residents sweltered in the warmest January day in Europe since records began.

In Calles in the Valencian Community a temperature of 30.7C was recorded, while in Gavarda, in the same region, the mercury hit 30C.

It marked the highest temperatures ever recorded in Europe in January, according to the Valencian Association of Meteorology.

Anxiety rises with water levels, as rain and record warmth add up to flooding in B.C.

Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan said Abbotsford had a record high on Monday at 18.2 C, surpassing the 15.6 C record set on the same day in 1960. He said multiple days of double-digit temperatures make the current warm spell especially dangerous.

This video is worth watching all the way to the end where the real meat is.

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1 - Believe James Hansen

2 – Mass migration. I’ve been saying it for years on the climate change thread,…..they are going to be knocking on your/mine/everyone’s door

Perth heatwave: Temperatures break records as east of city swelters

Temperature records tumble as Perth’s east cops brunt of heatwave

On Thursday the Swan Valley reached 45 degrees