Posted on 08/09/2019 12:09:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Temperatures in Houston reached 100 degrees for the first time in 2019 this week, according to data from the National Weather Service. But according to a new study, 100-degree weather could soon become a much more common forecast for Houston and cities nationwide if no action is taken to address climate change.
According to a July 2019 report from the national nonprofit The Union of Concerned Scientists, cities nationwide could see more "dangerously hot" days as early as 2036.
The report analyzed four different heat index thresholds - above 90°F, above 100°F, above 105°F and "off the charts" - to show how hot cities could get during three time periods - historical, mid century and late century. These metrics were applied to three different scenarios of climate action that include no action, slow action and rapid action.
The report found overall, the U.S. is facing "a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades." Data shows the intensity of the heat depends on how quickly action is taken to reduce climate change and heat-trapping emissions, according to the report.
"The results highlight a stark choice: We can continue on our current path, where we fail to reduce emissions and extreme heat soars," the report states. "Or we can take bold action now to dramatically reduce emissions and prevent the worst from becoming reality."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
It’s scary how often his picture fits the story lately.
On so many things.
I must have seen his picture a dozen times over the past week.
And each time it was fitting.
Although I don’t think even he could have convinced Germans that 3 year olds should be able to decide what gender they are.
Hot in Houston - shocking news. Sunspot data says, “no we are entering a cooling period”
When I think of mild Southern CA like Weather, the first thing I think of is Houston in the Summertime.
Seems as though they are comparing actual temperatures of the past with “heat index” temperatures of the present.
We only have 11 and a half years left..just ask any democrat
cities nationwide could see more “dangerously hot” days as early as 2036.
As early as sixteen years from now?
Who will be around?
Sorry, what a load of codswallop.
I lived in Houston 40 years ago. I must not have noticed the heat and humidity. s/
I lived there three years in the early sixties. No air conditioning. Very humid. It’s a miserable place. I remember a January when it rained every day. There was a hurricane. Generally a miserable place.
“According to a July 2019 report from the national nonprofit The Union of Concerned Scientists, cities nationwide could see more “dangerously hot” days as early as 2036.”
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I thought we only had 11.56 years before total climate destruction. Now they’re saying we’ll merely have dangerously hot days in Houston in 17 years. Talk about pull-back.
Living in North Dakota, I consider Texas dangerously hot all year.
Yeah how far back have they been doing “heat index” numbers?
Heat index could be 10 degrees warmer than real temperature.
I live in the Houston area. It is always hot here during summer, which kicks in around mid-May. That’s why so many of us despise the summertime. This week marks our first 100° days of the summer. We have definitely known worse.
SHEESH! We have been in the triple digits for weeks here in So. Calif. I haven’t any pity for they in the Houston area for achieving their first triple of the season.
It’s actually been a pretty cool year so far here as we haven’t exceeded 102. Abnormal. Mostly hit at least 106, 107. Hit 118 one year in the early ‘90’s.
“If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.”
General Sheridan, 1866
Houston is hot and humid even in March - worse than Florida.
By Associated Press & KBTX Staff | Posted: Mon 4:42 PM, Aug 22, 2011 | Updated: Thu 2:16 PM, Feb 23, 2012
It’s hotter than ever in Houston this year.
At least that’s as of Monday, when the city broke a 31-year-old record for triple digit heat.
The National Weather Service says the city has had 33 days at or above 100 degrees this year. That is one more than in in record-setting 1980.
The intense heat combined with a lack of rain has most of Texas battling one of the most severe droughts on record.
In Houston, it has been so hot, the high temperature has hit at least 100 degrees every day since Aug. 1.
Several other cities in Texas have also broken heat records this year, as the state sweats under a high pressure bubble that has kept the heat trapped and the rain out.
Huntsville has broken it’s record for most 100-degree days in a year. The city has had 57 days over 100, shattering the old record of 43.
College Station will likely break records early next week for consecutive days over 100 (30), and for most 100 degree days in a year (58).
As a kid there, every year we’d go fry an egg on the sidewalk sometime in Aug, a ritual.
Hot? In Houston? In August? WE’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE!
Forecast 47 tomorrow morning in Reno, NV.
Junk Science.
If Houston is just now reaching 100 degree days, then there is GLOBAL COOLING not warming going on.
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