Arctic Heat Wave

Sure hope that guy has some shorts.  Or cut-offs.

Heat wave in the far-reaches of Russia!

An extended heat wave that has been baking the Russian Arctic for months drove the temperature in Verkhoyansk, Russia—north of the Arctic Circle—to 100.4°F on June 20, the official first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This record high temperature is a signal of a rapidly and continually warming planet, and a preview of how Arctic warming will continue in an increasingly hot future, scientists say.

“For a long time, we’ve been saying we’re going to get more extremes like strong heat waves,” says Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute. “It’s a little like the projections are coming true, and sooner than we might have thought.”

Saturday’s record wasn’t just a quick spike before a return to more normal summer temperatures for the Russian Arctic: The heat wave behind it is projected to continue for at least another week. It was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the town, where records have been kept since 1885.


This article from National Geographic provides many more details about what this means (or could mean) for that region and our world:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/what-100-degree-day-siberia-means-climate-change/


100 degrees!  In the Arctic!!

Freak of nature?  Global warming? 


Grace & Peace & Love to you all -

Matt