Posted on 05/26/2026 10:35:55 AM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds.
Experts said unprecedented and deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times and in unusual places are putting more people in danger. For example, the Southwest is used to coping with deadly heat, but not months ahead of schedule, including a 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44.4 degrees Celsius) reading in two Arizona communities on Friday that smashed the highest March temperature recorded in the U.S. Two places in Southern California also hit that same temperature. All four spots are clustered within about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) of each other.
“This is what climate change looks like in real time: extremes pushing beyond the bounds we once thought possible,” said University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver. “What used to be unprecedented events are now recurring features of a warming world.”
March’s heat would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, according to a report Friday by World Weather Attribution, an international group of scientists who study the causes of extreme weather events.
More than a dozen scientists, meteorologists and disaster experts queried by The Associated Press put the March heat wave in a kind of ultra-extreme classification with such events as the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave, the 2022 Pakistan floods and killer hurricanes Helene, Harvey and Sandy.
The area of the U.S. being hit by extreme weather in the past five years has doubled from 20 years ago, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Extremes Index, which includes various types of wild weather, such as heat and cold waves, downpours and drought.
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The only effective way to combat man-made climate change is to vote from home. Eliminate voting in-person.
Let the warming commence.
May has been nice in AZ.
Blah blah blah. I live in the Albuquerque metro. We had May in March and now are having March in May as far as temps go. Meh.
“Experts say unprecedented and deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times and in unusual places are putting more people in danger”
Yup. Raise taxes! Defund the Police! Eat Bugs, and we’re gonna outlaw your car and lawnmowers.
P.s. You’re a Nazi, too!
While hear in the northeast we had a generally lower than average temps during March - it usually felt like Spring was struggling to start.
What climate gives with one had it usually takes with the other.
I’m old enough to remember when the Associated Press was a news organization.
Hmmmm! Reno is forecasting rain/snow showers and lows in the 30’s through Friday morning. Guess that’s weather. Meanwhile 500 mikes south.......🍳
I live in Florida. You can always melt lead here so I can’t see any difference.
The Medieval Warm Period created a drought that lasted centuries.
We're simply in the rebound phase from the Little Ice Age, and even if CO2 is contributing, without understanding the natural cycle we have no idea if its a lot or almost nothing.
“This is what climate change looks like in real time: extremes pushing beyond the bounds we once thought possible,” said University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver. “What used to be unprecedented events are now recurring features of a warming world.” Come to KS Andrew, the climate here changes pretty much every day.
It’s pretty nice in Tucson now. Go see the cactus blossoms, if you don’t have to work. Eat lunch in a Mexican restaurant. Don’t listen to the doomsayers!
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?x=203&y=158&site=twc&zmx=&zmy=&map_x=204&map_y=158
Horse puckey. I’ve lived in the Phoenix area for 30 years and this year is not extraordinarily hot. We sometimes have early or late summers and some are hotter than others. This is an early one and we’ve had a couple of really hot days, but it still isn’t deadly hot every day—unless you’re outside doing something stupid.
Why post a 3/20 article on temps more than 2 months later???
This article is talking about March while temperatures have been lower than usual for Memphis still here in late May.
and it’s freezing in the north east so it’s just weather
Here in the NE, temps for April and May have been below average and we have 6” more rain than average.
My hikes in the woods are more like hikes through swamps.
I’d take some of that heat!
Here in central NM we had a few days of 90+ degree in March and April. The sky was falling.
We have a high of 75 today. Nobody is saying a word.
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