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Weather Watchers

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,949 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:11 PM Jul 2022

Why the Dust Bowl was hotter than this heat wave, despite global warming

It's been super-hot for weeks in the Plains, yet not as hot as seen in the Dust Bowl, despite climate change. We examine why:

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Why the Dust Bowl was hotter than this heat wave, despite global warming
The U.S. Dust Bowl brought some of the hottest and driest weather ever observed in the Lower 48.

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Why the Dust Bowl was hotter than this heat wave, despite global warming (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 OP

Thanks elleng Jul 2022 #1

The historic summer highs around here are almost all rsdsharp Jul 2022 #2

elleng

(136,071 posts)

1. Thanks

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:19 PM

Jul 2022

rsdsharp

(10,121 posts)

2. The historic summer highs around here are almost all

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:27 PM

Jul 2022

from 1934 or 36. We did hit 108 one August day in 1983, but that is one of the few not from the Dust Bowl years.

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