Delays and sections of Highway 120 will be down to one lane. The eastern entrance to Yosemite is open at Tioga Pass, though there isn’t drinking water or services, according to the park website.
That’s not bad when there was competition from the Karson Kruzers’ “Run What Cha Brung” show in Carson City. There were around 120 vehicles at Saturday’s Send a Boy Scout to Camp car show at Lampe Park. Death Valley National Park came within three degrees of breaking the Earth’s all-time temperature record on July 16, when thermometers in Furnace Creek reached 128 degrees, just shy of a 130-degree record set in the park that is believed to be the hottest reliably-recorded temperature on the planet.Genoa, Nev. Surprising FactĪ scorching 119-degree high at Big Bend National Park in west Texas on June 23 came within one degree of tying an all-time temperature record for the state of Texas, which was set in 1936. So far this year, a heat wave in China took down single-day records in China, while in the U.K., forecasters are warning of the hottest year on record. broke daily heat records over a 30-day period ending last September, as heat waves spread throughout the U.S., as well as the U.K. Roughly 1,500 cities and towns in the U.S. Tangentįorecasters expect the early-season heat waves to be a sign of things to come, as a weather phenomenon called El Niño develops, bringing warmer air north, and as scientists warn the effects of climate change from greenhouse gas emissions will continue to drive temperatures upward, prolong drought conditions and make wildfires more frequent and strong. Forecasters urged residents to stay hydrated in air-conditioned rooms, avoid strenuous outdoor activity and take “extra precautions” while outside. Heat advisories are also in effect in Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona. News PegĪn excessive heat warning is in effect throughout the Great Plains states, from Texas to Minnesota, Florida, with heat advisories in effect throughout the Midwest, South and Southwest, bringing “dangerously hot conditions” and a heat index-how hot it feels outside when humidity is taken into consideration-into the 120s and 130s in some areas. June 1 Buffalo set daily temperature records on consecutive days to start off the month (90 degrees), while Syracuse, New York, set a record at 91 degrees, and Fargo, North Dakota, set a daily record at 97 degrees.
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