2022 North American heat waves
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Start date | May 13, 2022 |
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End date | September 21, 2022 |
Peak temp. | 127 °F (53 °C) |
Losses | |
Deaths | 117[1] |
Damages | $9.3 billion (2022 USD)[1] |
From late spring to late summer heat waves in 2022 smashed many records in North America between May and September of that year. Dozens of temperature records were surpassed in the United States.[2]
May
The first round of intense heat came on May 13, when Caribou, Maine hit 90 °F (32 °C), the second earliest on record.[3] The next day, three people who lived inside of a senior building passed away in Chicago, Illinois as a result of the heat, due to the air conditioning malfunctioning.[4] Later that month, in Memphis, Tennessee, when temperatures reached 91 °F (33 °C), an infant died after being left unattended inside of a motor vehicle.[5]
On May 21, 2022, heat became prevalent in the Mid-Atlantic, resulting in a near record hot
June
A historic heat wave affected the
July
An intense, fatal heat wave swept through the United States in July. More than 100 million people were put on heat alerts, and over 85% of the country had temperatures at or above 90 °F (32 °C). A man died in Dallas County, Texas, and a heat emergency was triggered in Washington DC due to temperatures over 95 °F (35 °C), on the weekend of July 23–24. This extreme heat severely intensifies drought conditions. Arkansas and Missouri went from 1% and 2% of their states from seeing severe drought or worse, to a quarter and a third. On July 17, Winnipeg saw their highest ever dew point, at 27.4 °C (81.3 °F).[28]
Temperatures in
Later on in the month, another heat wave in Portland, Oregon causes 14 additional deaths. Portland saw 7 consecutive days at or above 95 °F (35 °C), while Seattle saw six days at or above 90 °F (32 °C), both breaking records for duration, by July 31.[37]
August
Intense heat continued into August. In early August, a heat wave forced 80 million Americans under heat alerts.
September
On September 1,
See also
- Weather of 2022
- 2020–22 North American drought
References
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- ^ Record-high temperatures scorching Alaska as July kicks off, AccuWeather, July 2, 2022
- ^ "Highest dew point on record at Winnipeg Airport today, at over 27°C. Great Falls, MB reached 29°C. Dew point is an absolute measure of water vapour/mugginess in the air. The provincial (and Canadian) all-time record is 30.0°C in Carman on July 25, 2007. #MBwx". Patrick Duplessis. Twitter. July 17, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
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- ^ Near-freezing temperatures could establish new record lows across a wide swath of the South, AccuWeather, October 16, 2022
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