Anyway, this piece kicks off a week of coverage on this year's heat from KUT. We're been covering this all summer, of course, but wanted to do something a little more focused on what is typically Austin's hottest month. Stay hydrated and stay cool. 8/
This week, only halfway through August, it looks like we’ll surpass 40 days straight of triple-digit heat.For many, the experience has been all the more difficult because last year was also incredibly hot. Early signs were that this year would be better. So, what happened?Not only was it downright pleasant, it was also encouraging. Moisture usually acts like a cushion against high temperatures, because the early summer sun will evaporate the water in the ground instead of heating things up.
His fear came true. The June heat dome burned through the water in the soil, the very thing that was going to be our insurance against extreme summer heat. Once that water was gone, the summer sun began to bake the ground and heat the air. “With less water available to evaporate, there’s less water in the air to form clouds and precipitation,” he said. “That means that the water in the ground is not replenished, and so if things get on the dry side they tend to dry out even more.”
Researchers have pointed to other ways climate change may have contributed to our searing summer. But, even without itemizing exactly how global warming, well, warms us, it seems statistically certain that it is doing so.
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