Last weekend, parts of the Great Plains were as much as 45°F warmer than average. California and Arizona both saw 112°F highs, while Colorado, Nebraska, and Missouri all saw temperatures reach the mid 90s.
A heat wave is defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a period of unusually hot weather that lasts two or more days. To be considered a heat wave, the temperatures have to be outside the historical averages for a given area.
Why do heat waves seem to be happening more often?
Scientists have long understood that human-induced climate change would cause the Earth to heat up.
The trend has become especially apparent over the last few years. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, and the last decade has been the warmest on record. (One or two years of global temperatures above 1.5°C does not mean the world has passed the Paris Agreement goal to limit warming to 1.5°C. Scientists determine long-term temperature changes on timescales of decades.)
How will climate change impact future heat waves?
Climate change stands to transform the four seasons as we know them now, lengthening the summer season and shortening winters. While what this looks like will vary depending on where you live, we will all see warmer days, and seasonal changes could alter the growing seasons for plants and migration patterns for animals.
As Eisenman says, “10 years ago, we might have called this very abnormal but we have been learning in the last couple years that this is no longer abnormal.”
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