Montrealers play in a city water fountain this week. Photo: Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images
Across the Northern Hemisphere, several regions saw some of the hottest temperatures on record this week, according to information compiled by the Washington Post. Apart from the U.S. and Canada, these temperatures were not the result of one single heat wave, but rather several different weather systems.
Our thought bubble, from Axios Science Editor Andrew Freedman: "July is typically Earth’s hottest month, so heat records falling now is not unexpected. But so many rare milestones being set or tied worldwide does point to the influence of a warming world, given that the link between heat waves and climate change is robust, according to scientific studies."
By the numbers
Hottest recorded temperatures:
- Yerevan, Armenia: 107.6°, July 2 (tied its previous record high)
- Denver, Colorado: 105°, June 28 (tied its previous record high)
- Montreal, Canada: 97.9° Fahrenheit, July 2. The heat is being blamed for 16 deaths in southern Quebec, the CBC reports.
- Scotland: 91.7°, June 28 (provisional record)
- Shannon, Ireland: 89.6°, June 28
- Castlederg, Northern Ireland: 86.4°, June 29
- Belfast, Northern Ireland: 85.1°, June 28
Highest recorded low temperature
- Quriyat, Oman: The temperature never went below 109° on June 28 (the highest low temperature ever recorded on Earth)
- Burlington, Vermont: 80°, July 2
Heat and humidity
- Ottawa experienced its "most extreme combination of heat and humidity," on July 1.