2024 summer weather forecast: Expect unusually hot temperatures
Get your flip-flops ready: Summer is shaping up to be unusually hot for most of the United States, meteorologists said this week.
In a new summer forecast map released Thursday by NOAA, almost the entire country is shrouded in red or orange, meaning warmer-than-average temperatures are expected for June, July and August.
NOAA said areas where unusual heat is most likely include the Northeast and a large portion of the West.
The Weather Company, in its forecast released Thursday, also said warmer-than-average conditions are expected to encompass much of the country this summer.
Their forecaster, Todd Crawford, said long-term models and climate trends show signs that summer 2024 could become one of the hottest summers on record.
The two hottest summers in the United States were in 2021 and 1936, according to NOAA.
However, not all forecasters think the summer will be sweltering. AccuWeather, which releases its summer forecast on May 1, told USA TODAY on Friday that “we expect a milder than average summer in the United States, with some hot spots in the Northeast and Southwest.” .
El Niño is out, La Niña is in
NOAA meteorologist Anthony Artusa told USA TODAY that the decline of El Niño and the development of La Niña are factors in the agency’s forecast for a hot summer. In addition to this, long-term trends in above-normal temperatures are taken into account in the forecast. This is especially true in the northeastern United States, Artusa said.
Where will there be relief from the heat?
No part of the contiguous United States is expected to experience cooler than average temperatures during the summer months. The forecast map released by NOAA shows that only the far northern Plains could escape the unusually hot summer.
And the precipitation?
Forecasts show that while a soggy summer could be expected across much of the East Coast, a drier than average summer can be expected across most of the Plains and Rockies. Combined with the heat, that could exacerbate drought and wildfires in the West, Artusa said.
News Source : www.usatoday.com
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