Earth’s 3rd and 4th Hottest EVER Recorded Temperatures Were in the Last 3-Years 129ºF and 128.7ºF, recorded in Kuwait in 2016 and Pakistan in 2017, have officially been confirmed as the Earth’s 3rd and 4th hottest temperatures on record, scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Tuesday. The Kuwait reading is an Asian record, the highest ever recorded temperature for the continent of Asia, and both readings are also the highest temperatures recorded on the planet […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 20, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: How is the September Climate Changing in the US? How is the September Climate Changing in the US? A post originally on the NOAA website, written by Rebecca Lindsey Climate scientists are often asked how global warming can be real if every spot on Earth isn’t warming in every season. The simple answer is just math. It doesn’t have to be warming everywhere: the warming just has to overpower the […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 17, 2018 0 Comments
How Did April Temperatures Compare to the 30-Year Average? Turns Out the Majority of the Country was Colder than Average This post on average temperatures was taken from the NOAA Was the month cooler or warmer than usual? Colors on the map above, courtesy of the NOAA, show where and by how much the average monthly temperatures differed from the month’s average temperature from 1981-2010. Red areas were warmer than the 30-year average for the month and blue areas were […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 18, 2018 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Temperature on the Rise, Says UC Davis “State of the Lake” Report Tahoe’s ecosystem is changing.  Trees are dying at record rates, and now the lake’s temperature is heating up, according UC Davis’ recently released annual state of the lake report. About 15 times the historic average in the past four years, to be exact. Geoff Schladow, the Director of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, believes that the temperature of the […] Spencer Miller | August 2, 2017 0 Comments
North Pole Experienced Above Freezing Temperatures Yesterday According to Gizmodo, the North Pole experienced above average temperatures on Wednesday, December 30th for the second time ever at this time of year. The Post’s Capital Weather Gang examined buoy data from near the North Pole and reported a record high temperature of 33 degrees Fahrenheit. These above freezing temperatures weren’t short lived either, they were experienced for greater […] Weather Chris Wallner | December 31, 2015 0 Comments