Summer 2014 - Northern Hemisphere (warmest, average, temperatures, days)

[Wildcat15]

Originally Posted by Patricius Maximus

That was me . If it's going to be that hot it might as well reach 100F and be done with it. The equivalent would be dozens of nights in winter that were 1F or 2F - I'm sure some heat lovers would rather it just go down to 0F or -1F rather than teasing them like that.

Could go either way. When people complain of Florida's heat, I brag that Tampa has NEVER hit 100F. Even though it was 99.

[chicagogeorge]

^^

Might have never hit an air temp of 100 in Tampa, but they probably have seen a heat index of greater than 120...

[Wildcat15]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

^^

Might have never hit an air temp of 100 in Tampa, but they probably have seen a heat index of greater than 120...

Extremely doubtful. The record high was recorded with a dewpoint of 70F (heat index 106). With normal summer temps, heat index of 120 would be a DP in the mid 80s...

[chicagogeorge]

Originally Posted by G8RCAT

Extremely doubtful. The record high was recorded with a dewpoint of 70F (heat index 106). With normal summer temps, heat index of 120 would be a DP in the mid 80s...

Probably right. Maybe not 120, that's more inland Florida.... But I'm sure Tampa has reached a heat index over 110. Even this August they hit 108

[tommyFL]

Last summer we had a heat index of 114. Temperature 97, dew point 78.

[Wildcat15]

Must be an inland thing like George said...although the heat of late August was a fairly extreme event (for a stable summer climate like Florida).


Love/hate right now. Storms being only south and east up to this point has allowed us to be around 90F today. However, looks like it will continue to stay south through this evening and not give us any afternoon rain.

[MeteoMan]

Wind was off the North Sea today. Funny how then, here, miles inland from the North Sea, it was a steely grey overcast all day, but my Dad, who lives right by the North Sea, had a nice sunny day!

[Glacierx]

Here is a list of the hottest summers on record. This is the mean temperatures. If you want to figure out maxes and mins, you'll have to add or subtract 7 to 10 degrees C to the mean. Notice that 2014 was one of the top 5 or so (depending on location).

[nei]

Forecast for Mt. Rainier. Looks warm for 10000 feet.

MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
316 AM PDT THU SEP 4 2014
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING SUNNY AND WARMER WEATHER FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK. CLOUDS AND COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA.

&&

.THURSDAY...SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 11000 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 12000 FEET.
.FRIDAY...SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 13500 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 14000 FEET.
.SATURDAY...SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 14000 FEET.

&&

TEMPERATURE AND WIND FORECASTS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS.

THU THU FRI FRI SAT
NIGHT NIGHT

SUMMIT (14411 FT) 19 22 27 29 29
NW 10 N 20 NE 15 E 10 SE 5

CAMP MUIR(10188 FT) 35 39 43 46 45
E 5 E 10 E 15 SE 10 SE 10

PARADISE (5420 FT) 62 51 69 55 74
E 5 NE 10 NE 15 NE 10 NE 10

LONGMIRE (2700 FT) 73 47 79 50 85
E 5 NE 5 E 5 E 5 E 5

++ TEMPERATURES AND WIND FOR THE SUMMIT AND CAMP MUIR ARE AVERAGE
CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE FREE AIR AT THOSE ELEVATIONS.
++ TEMPERATURES FOR PARADISE AND LONGMIRE ARE THE EXPECTED HIGHS AND
LOWS. WIND IS THE AVERAGE WIND EXPECTED DURING THAT PERIOD.

Mt Rainier Recreational Forecast

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by nei

Forecast for Mt. Rainier. Looks warm for 10000 feet.

Interesting. Yeah, there's no current airmass over the U.S that is really deep PLUS the colder air is off to the East instead... but Highs in the 30s and 40s is not too warm for this time of year even up there. Maybe normal?



National Weather Service

Here's current temps at 10,000 feet. Shift East a bit and its below freezing over Idaho & Montana.