Incredible Heat Wave in China, Greenland Record.

[peoli]

While a lot of attention (justified) has been spent on the record heat in Siberia and Europe this past month, the actual big story so far this summer is the heat wave in eastern China. This July will go down as the hottest ever measured for places like Shanghai, Changsha, and Hangzhou. Records for Shanghai date back to 1873 and no such heat has ever been observed there or in much of Eastern China. BREAKING NEWS: Greenland has just reported its warmest temperature on record.

The provinces most affected by the heat this past July are Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Jiangxi and, of course, Shanghai. The population of these five provinces is about 314 million, more than the population of the entire United States.

The core of the heat has been centered over Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, and China’s 4th largest metropolitan area with about 21.1 million residents. The average July temperature for Hangzhou (records begin in 1956) is 28.9°C (84.1°F) with an average high of 33.0°C (91.4°F) and low of 24.9°C (76.8°F). This past July has averaged 32.4°C (90.3°F), some 3.5°C (6.2°F) above normal, and by far the warmest single month on record for the city. An all-time absolute maximum temperature of 40.5°C (104.9°F) was set on both July 30th and July 27th. The previous record was 40.3°C (104.5°F) set on August 1, 2003 (there is a mistaken figure of 42.2°C/108.0°F from July 6, 1960 that has proven to be a clerical error). What is astonishing is that there were SIX days in July that measured 40°C (104°F) or warmer and, prior to this July, 40°+ has only been measured twice in the city’s weather history (records began in 1956)—both during the summer of 2003. At least 10 deaths have been directly attributed to the heat wave although the actual figure is probably much higher if one were to look at mortality rates relative to normal for the past month.


http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=180

The Media SUCKS! There have been so many incredible record breaking heat waves across the globe. They report NOTHING!

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Alaska has also had a very warm summer.

We just broke the record here in Anchorage for the most consecutive 70+ days, 15, I believe. It's been sunny and hot all summer, very rare, and weird after we just had the longest snow season on record, which didn't end until May 17. The winter of 2011-12 was the snowiest on record.

We don't know what to expect up here from year to year.

[pansypoo53219]

2. and cool in the great lakes. shit. sping in milwaukee. 70's next week.

[davidpdx]

3. The pollution in China is getting worse and worse

industrial pollution and desertification causing the spread of yellow dust.