An Early October Heat Wave To Remember (Post Two)
Happy October everyone. Today I will just relate as many myriad record temperature statements as cross my radar. The heat wave over most of the eastern half of the United States is historic in nature, and should convince many more who are on the fence about the climate crisis that we are all in trouble. This heat probably won’t be intense enough to kill anyone, thank goodness, but will be very disturbing to those who are used to seeing a “normal,” cooler climate.
Here is what I noted concerning my hometown last night and about the general weather pattern:
Wow…still 84°F at midnight in Atlanta. What we are witnessing is the urban heat island effect + #ClimateChange on the dawn of October 2019 folks. pic.twitter.com/W87W0OfAG0
— Guy Walton (@climateguyw) October 1, 2019
Case in point, KBUF sounding this morning showing record breaking low level temperatures for this date…explains a number of max T records falling in Srn ON today and the enhanced risk of severe weather along the boundary just to the N #YYZ pic.twitter.com/dVbWcLHXzd
— Chris Doyle (@ensembleator) October 1, 2019
So, first here are some “ET” statements from 9/30 and today, 10/1/2019.
(This list will get very long as we move through Tuesday):
It's early PM, and we've already smashed October heat records in three major U.S. cities where recordkeeping goes back to the Ulysses Grant administration.
— Bob Henson (@bhensonweather) October 1, 2019
–Cleveland OH: 91F (records began in 1871)
–Louisville KY: 94F (1872)
–Nashville TN: 95F (1873)
Many more T/C today…
We just broke the 89 degree high temp record for today and we have 3 more hours of heating to come! pic.twitter.com/uFZRv5vnbw
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) October 1, 2019
Lambert has reached 92 degrees, breaking the previous daily record of 91 degrees set in 1952. A few other records fell or were tied for STL and COU for the month of September, while Quincy achieved 9th warmest September on record. #mowx #ilwx #stlwx #heat pic.twitter.com/MwBmH8FQH5
— NWS St. Louis (@NWSStLouis) October 1, 2019
For Atlanta in the month of September, 23 days were 90°F or higher, which ties the record set previously in 1925. In addition, accumulating 16 days at or above 95°F breaks the record set in 1925, which had 14 days. #AtlantaClimateStats #GaWx
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 1, 2019
As of 2pm, we have tied the record high for Oct. 1st w/a current temp of 92° (old record set in 1884). This is the 5th time we’ve had highs in the 90s on Oct. 1st & the warmest we’ve been on this day in 66 years. We will likely break the daily record this afternoon.#10Weather pic.twitter.com/ebCuoyuHWT
— Cassie Nall (@CassieNallWBIR) October 1, 2019
Look at all the *monthly* record highs today! So far #Huntsville has made it to 97°. Previous October monthly record high is 96°. #ALwx pic.twitter.com/zTUasRjTVj
— Rob Elvington WAAY 31 (@RobElvington) October 1, 2019
But wait – there's more! Muscle Shoals has also set its hottest temperature ever observed in October at 2 pm with an observed temperature of 99 (and climbing!). The previous record was 97, set on Oct. 3, 1903. #HUNwx https://t.co/IbTzrxAC2y pic.twitter.com/soKiPKr8RK
— NWS Huntsville (@NWSHuntsville) October 1, 2019
Record de chaleur pour un mois d'octobre à #Toronto !! avec un humidex de 38,8 soit le 2e jours le plus humide jamais enregistré en octobre. Au Québec point chaud Temiscaming avec 20° ! Fort contraste avec le reste du Québec #mm pic.twitter.com/F2bKUeABqo
— Sophie Colombani (@ASophie_MM) October 1, 2019
(Correction to last tweet) Tallahassee Airport officially hit 95 degrees today for the high temp! This ties the record high for today but it also ties the warmest high temp recorded at TLH in the month of October. The other 95 degree days occurred on Oct 9 1941 and Oct 1 1933!
— NWS Tallahassee (@NWSTallahassee) October 1, 2019
Here are some official highs across Alabama today. These are all daily record highs, and represent the hottest temperatures on record for the month of October…
— James Spann (@spann) October 1, 2019
Montgomery 101
Tuscaloosa 100
Calera (Shelby County Airport) 100
Huntsville 99
Muscle Shoals 99
Birmingham 99
Records, records, and more records! Both daily and monthly high temperature records were set today at #Nashville and #Crossville! #tnwx pic.twitter.com/XLNo92whyH
— NWS Nashville (@NWSNashville) October 1, 2019
🚨 We set 2 record high temperatures today! 🚨
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 2, 2019
– A record high temp of 93 degrees was set at Atlanta, this breaks/smashes the old record of 89 set back in 1954! 🌡️
-A record high temp of 98 degrees was set at Macon, this breaks the old record of 94…also set in 1954! ☀️
Check out today's new record high temperatures!! pic.twitter.com/yTPrDolXjc
— NWS Jackson MS (@NWSJacksonMS) October 1, 2019
Some areas across Mississippi beat or tied their record temperatures for the month of October ! pic.twitter.com/iL6AN272uv
— NWS Jackson MS (@NWSJacksonMS) October 1, 2019
A record high temperature of 95 degrees was set at New Orleans International Airport today. This breaks the old record of 94 set in 1998. #lawx #mswx
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) October 1, 2019
A new record maximum temperature of 95 degrees was set for the month of October at New Orleans International Airport today. This breaks the old record of 94 that was recorded twice…first on October 1, 1998, and again on October 4, 2016. #lawx #mswx
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) October 1, 2019
1 PM EDT: Louisville is up to 94 degrees so far today, which is the hottest October temperature on record! Previous record was 93 degrees set on October 7-8, 2007. #kywx
— NWS Louisville (@NWSLouisville) October 1, 2019
1 PM EDT: Lexington is up to 94 degrees so far, which is the hottest October temperature on record there! #kywx
— NWS Louisville (@NWSLouisville) October 1, 2019
Utqiaġvik (Barrow) has set a new record high temperature for October 1 at 43F (+6.1C), previous record 39F (+3.9C) in 1989. The October record high temp of 44F (6.7C) set Oct 10, 2016 could yet be tied or broken. #akwx @Climatologist49 @ajatnuvuk @CinderBDT907 @climateguyw
— Rick Thoman (@AlaskaWx) October 1, 2019
Not only were there more than two dozen high temperature records for October 1st broken or tied today across the Eastern US, but 16 sites recorded their highest temperature for any day during the entire month of October. More high temperature records are expected to fall on Wed. pic.twitter.com/eJmO6kz4iH
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) October 1, 2019
More high temperature records broken or tied across much of the Southeast and parts of Ohio on Monday. The unusual early Fall heat will expand north and east for the next couple of days, but cooler more Fall-like temps will move across the Eastern US by the end of the week. pic.twitter.com/aOjgXlxaBU
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) October 1, 2019
The end of September was one of the warmest weeks on record at Augusta GA with 5 daily records set over a six day period. Columbia Metro set 2 records as well including a couple of highest low temperatures as well (not shown). The heat will continue this week. #scwx #gawx pic.twitter.com/bEwPoYqpmo
— NWS Columbia (@NWSColumbia) October 1, 2019
Here are more notes with links on this odd weather pattern:
Fyi…This Thursday it could be 100 deg in the Atlanta area. It's October. The good news is we cool to mid 80s….Still well above normal for this time of year….#SomeHoaxEh pic.twitter.com/atYsPvWaKd
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) October 1, 2019
In a hybrid setup reminiscent of a "Predecessor Rain Event," a plume of low-level moisture from #Narda will be swept northwards around the clockwise-spinning high pressure over the Southeast, interacting with a cold front and producing heavy downpours.https://t.co/cLJVvrCr13 pic.twitter.com/9wh0x1qiQO
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) October 1, 2019
In the wake of the recent snowstorm, a persistent dip in the jet stream will continue to keep temperatures well below average through the week across much of the Northwest: https://t.co/4IXVtxk63g pic.twitter.com/ePV0X0OkwN
— AccuWeather (@breakingweather) October 1, 2019
REMINDER: The outdoor burning ban is still in effect. This includes fires on your private property. https://t.co/qkjm0iqlwJ
— WVState Fire Marshal (@WVFireMarshal) October 1, 2019
PM Update: Today was quite warm, but tomorrow is set to deliver record October heat https://t.co/9kgm2xyq27
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) October 1, 2019
Here is more climate and weather news from Tuesday:
(As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. Items will be archived on this site for posterity. In most instances click on the pictures of each tweet to see each article.)
While the map has all of the Azores under a Hurricane Warning, the text has some under TS Warning, which is odd. Anyway, they’ll be hammered by winds and rain tonight. Ireland and the UK will also need to deal with those impacts, though they’re less certain. pic.twitter.com/YzOCyCwYtx
— Kal Tellefsen (@KalTellefsenWX) October 1, 2019
The Azores are about to take a pounding from Hurricane Lorenzo and, as a former-hurricane, it may produce a windstorm for parts of Ireland and the UK late this week: https://t.co/hRoFgyvrQL
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) October 1, 2019
EYE OF VERY LARGE LORENZO MOVING CLOSER TO THE WESTERN AZORES… …EXPECTED TO BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE AZORES EARLY TOMORROW…
— Caribbean disaster (@BagalueSunab) October 1, 2019
2:00 PM AST Tue Oct 1
Location: 36.0°N 36.8°W
Moving: NE at 25 mph
Min pressure: 962 mb
Max sustained: 100 mph pic.twitter.com/56qa217LW7
BOOM!
— Prof Peter Strachan (@ProfStrachan) October 1, 2019
World's largest wind turbines to be built off British coast
"New generation turbines – built by GE #RenewableEnergy – will make up a windfarm capable of generating enough #renewableelectricity to power 4.5m homes"#EnergyTransition@mzjacobson https://t.co/vOZ9qFnOFs
Scientists are using evidence left behind by ancient hurricanes to show how storms behaved in the past — and how climate change might affect them in the future.https://t.co/8BU8nKmGYd
— InsideClimate News (@insideclimate) October 1, 2019
With new partnerships and investment in protecting + restoring the world's forests, they are no longer the forgotten solution to climate change. But there's a long path forward! https://t.co/1NSOuYKTba pic.twitter.com/pXW6QzR8B7
— WRI Restoration (@restoreforward) October 1, 2019
If you want to understand the impact of the #wildfires that have devastated #Siberia and #Amazonia this year, it is sufficient to compare the atmospherical #CO (seen by #Sentinel5p🛰️) of August 2018 and August 2019. #Nocomment
— Annamaria Luongo (@annamaria_84) September 29, 2019
⬇️ Larger images pic.twitter.com/JdXZTP6PyN
We Know the #Future = #Electric
— Arik Ring (@arikring) July 18, 2019
The Present = #Funny!
Thanks @Schwarzenegger #RenewableEnergy #ActOnClimate #Solar #Sustainability #Green #Environment #cars #Climate @tesla @mzjacobson @Jackthelad1947 @HansLak @seth_leitman @debraruh @charluv2011 @TimGuinee @wernerkeil @pegb_ https://t.co/E7tBPbP1Ui
"In a closed-door meeting of oil and gas executives this summer in Colorado Springs, industry lawyer Mark Barron offered a bold proposal: Energy companies must accept that fossil fuels are helping to drive climate change. " #climatechange #ClimateStrike https://t.co/Enz4EPYd0J
— EnergyBoom (@EnergyBoom) September 27, 2019
From October 7th on we will rebel. We don't do this lightly – but a government that is refusing to act in the face of #EcologicalBreakdown leaves us no choice.
— Extinction Rebellion Berlin 🌍 (@XRBerlin) September 24, 2019
Join us, take 2 weeks off, come to Berlin – it's time to do something! #ActNow #RebelForLifehttps://t.co/QDEuFecARa pic.twitter.com/2nHc6TCXi7
Anchorage is now up to 19 consecutive months that are warmer than normal. #akwx @DaveSnider @AlaskaWx pic.twitter.com/pQfYGCyGvE
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) October 1, 2019
Deeper saltwater flooding today than over the weekend. #KingTides #sealevelrise https://t.co/kE89H7c2Us
— John Morales (@JohnMoralesNBC6) October 1, 2019
“Restoration of all forests affected by the fires could take up to 200 years,”
— Paul Dawson (@PaulEDawson) October 1, 2019
The world’s largest rainforest has experienced more than 90,000 fires since January,#ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/cfPZhlt16z
The oil industry is feeling the heat as the world turns toward sustainability and renewable energy. https://t.co/qgTaN6Bom4 pic.twitter.com/CD0PC74njb
— Climate Reality (@ClimateReality) October 1, 2019
Valuable weather forecast information should not be for sale. Whether it’s tornadoes, hurricanes, or gale force winds, we need the Trump administration to give us the best possible science, not undermine valuable spectrum operations by @NOAA and @NASA.https://t.co/0qNSAmWgXU
— Sen. Maria Cantwell (@SenatorCantwell) September 30, 2019
#TuesdayAfternoon Reading – “I don’t ever remember it being this high, no." Yes, they've always been there, but Fort Lauderdale residential streets deemed ‘No Wake Zone’ due to king tides https://t.co/jdppb0tbP0
— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) October 1, 2019
“Permafrost is undergoing rapid change,” says the Ocean and Cryosphere IPCC Report. The changes threaten the “structural stability and functional capacities” of oil industry infrastructure. https://t.co/vsUgGJD7eH
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) October 1, 2019
September was another mild month in Alaska. In Anchorage, this was 19th consecutive month with above normal temperatures. Drought improved over southwest and Southcentral Alaska but persisted in the Panhandle, where rainfall was below normal. #AKclimatehighlights #akwx @AlaskaWx pic.twitter.com/OhXBtiSnW4
— IARC Fairbanks (@IARC_Alaska) October 1, 2019
President Trump’s hatred for the booming wind energy industry may be a serious problem https://t.co/wEq1M26yYf
— The YEARS Project (@YEARSofLIVING) October 1, 2019
Every U.S. state from Texas to North Carolina — with the exception of Alabama — has recorded an #October #hurricane landfall. Most October landfalls originate over the western Caribbean. New York, Massachusetts, and even Maine (yes, Maine) have recorded October landfalls. pic.twitter.com/6r4tF14ep5
— Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) October 1, 2019
#TuesdayAfternoon Reading – #ZeroEmissions: #ClimateWeek was full of news, but also full of things left unsaid until @COP25: The Word Nobody Wanted to Say at the UN #ClimateActionSummit https://t.co/8sdwx9r3kC
— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) October 1, 2019
"Central Andes glaciers record dramatic decline during the last decade & will lose their ability to supply the rivers – Circular Country" via @rod_naranjo https://t.co/QK9MS1E1fG#Biodiversidad #Glaciares
— #ClimateJustice (@ClimateLitigate) October 1, 2019
#ClimateAction Quote of the Day
— Allan Margolin (@AllanMargolin) October 1, 2019
‘The biggest problem we have in our country right now is some nutcases who don’t believe in global warming.’
Jimmy Carter – Happy Birthday Mr. President! pic.twitter.com/W7nW8v5wVv
And here are some “ET’s” from overseas:
🌡️Nouveau record national mensuel de chaleur au #Maroc🇲🇦 ce 1er octobre 2019 : 42.6°C à Guelmim et au moins 42.5°C à Taroudant (Tx plus élevée).
— Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) October 1, 2019
Précédent record pour le Maroc, hors Sahara occidental, en octobre : 41.1°C à Agadir Al Massira le 12/10/2017 et 5/10/2015. pic.twitter.com/on8mEAcf7t
🌡️Le #Qatar était aussi au niveau des records de chaleur pour un mois d'octobre ce mardi avec 44°C à Turayna et à Karanah (valeur arrondie), sachant que le record national d'octobre connu est de 43.9°C à Abu Samra le 8/10/2015.
— Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) October 1, 2019
On notera aussi la minimale nocturne de 30°C à Doha. pic.twitter.com/iLS8mIWvuE
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