more media weather hysteria

Investment Analysis Clubs Macro Economic Trends and Risks
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The U.S. could see a new ‘extreme heat belt’ by 2053

The report, released Monday by the nonprofit research group First Street Foundation, found that within a column of America’s heartland stretching from Texas and Louisiana north to the Great Lakes, residents could experience heat index temperatures above 125 degrees Fahrenheit by 2053 — conditions that are more commonly found in California’s Death Valley or in parts of the Middle East.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/15/the-us-could-see-a-new-extre…

Steve

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Looks like we’re almost there this summer

https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/hottest_temp_states.jpg?v=ap&a…

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Looks like we’re almost there this summer

The map shows all-time heat records by state, not temperatures this summer. For example, the 117°F shown for Minnesota was set in July, 1917.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_and_territory_tempe…
Here’s the distribution by decade:


1910 XXXXXXX
1920 XX
1930 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
1940
1950 XXX
1960
1970 XX
1980 XXX
1990 XXXXX
2000 XX
2010 X
2020 XX

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