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If you thought you couldn’t get a break from the clouds last month, you weren’t wrong. A historic amount of rain fell on Quebec in August, The Gazette’s Katelyn Thomas tells us.
It’s also been one of the hottest summers of the past 150 years in Montreal, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
There won’t be much of a break from the heat for the rest of the week, though the sun will prevail.
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Expect a high of 25 C Wednesday, with a humidex of 27 C and a UV index of 6, or moderate. At night, a low of 15 C.
Meanwhile in the U.S.
It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024 is proving to be an endless summer with especially high temperatures in Phoenix. On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with temperatures of at least 37 C. That’s long since shattered the record of 76 days in a row set back in 1993, according to data from the National Weather Service.
“That is definitely an eye-catching number,” NWS meteorologist Sean Benedict said.
Scientists say climate change caused by human activities is dialing up the thermostat around the world and increasing the odds of dangerous temperatures. That is because the driver of global warming — the release of greenhouse gases from the burning of fuels like oil, gas and coal — continues all but unabated. Extreme weather events like heat waves, wildfires, intense storms, and prolonged droughts will continue, according to researchers.
The temperature hit 38.9 C in Phoenix on May 27 and has been near that temperature every day since.
It doesn’t look like a break is coming any time soon.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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