INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
No single record, in isolation, can be attributed to global warming (Representational)From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland,
Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever
recorded over the past week.Large areas of heat pressure or heat domes scattered around the hemisphere led to the sweltering temperatures.No
single record, in isolation, can be attributed to global warming
But collectively, these heat records are consistent with the kind of extremes we expect to see increase in a warming world.Let's take a tour
around the world of the recent hot-weather milestones.- - -North AmericaA massive and intense heat dome has consumed the eastern two-thirds
of the United States and southeast Canada since late last week
It's not only been hot but also exceptionally humid
Here are some of the notable all-time records set:- Denver tied its all-time high-temperature record of 105 degrees on Thursday.- Mount
Washington, New Hampshire, tied its all-time warmest low temperature of 60 degrees on Monday.- Burlington, Vermont, set its all-time warmest
low temperature ever recorded of 80 degrees on Monday.- Montreal recorded its highest temperature in recorded history, dating back 147
years, of 97.9 degrees on Monday
The city also posted its most extreme midnight combination of heat and humidity.- Ottawa posted its most extreme combination of heat and
humidity on Sunday.- - -EuropeExcessive heat torched the British Isles late last week
The stifling heat caused roads and roofs to buckle, the Weather Channel reported, and resulted in multiple record highs:- Scotland
provisionally set its hottest temperature on record
Met Office reported Motherwell, about 12 miles southeast of Glasgow, hit 91.8 degrees on Thursday, passing the previous record set in August
Additionally, Glasgow had its hottest day on record, hitting 89.4 degrees.- In Ireland, on Thursday, Shannon hit 89.6 degrees, its record.-
In Northern Ireland, Belfast hit 85.1 degrees on Thursday, its record, and Castlederg hit 86.2 degrees on Friday, its record- - -EurasiaA
large dome of high pressure, or heat dome, has persistently sat on top of Eurasia over the past week, resulting in some extraordinarily hot
weather:- In Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, the capital city soared to 104.9 degrees, its all-time record.- In Yerevan, Armenia, on Monday,
the capital city soared to 107.6 degrees, a record high for July and tying its record for any month.- Several locations in southern Russia
topped or matched their warmest June temperatures on record on Thursday.- - -Middle EastQuriyat, Oman, posted the world's hottest low
temperature ever recorded on June 28: 109 degrees (42.6 Celsius).- - -These various records add to a growing list of heat milestones set
over the past 15 months that are part and parcel of a planet that is trending hotter as greenhouse gas concentrations increase because of
human activity:- In April, Pakistan posted the hottest temperature ever observed on Earth during the month of 122.4 degrees.- Dallas had
never hit 90 degrees in November before, but it did so three times in four days in 2017.- In late October, temperatures soared to 108
degrees in Southern California, the hottest weather on record so late in the season in the entire United States.- On Sept
1, San Francisco hit 106 degrees, smashing its all-time hottest temperature.- In late July 2017, Shanghai registered its highest temperature
in recorded history, 105.6 degrees.- In mid-July, Spain posted its highest temperature recorded when Cordoba Airport (in the south) hit
116.4 degrees.- In July 2017, Death Valley, California, endured the hottest month recorded on Earth.- In late June 2017, Ahvaz, Iran, soared
to 128.7 degrees Fahrenheit - that country's all-time hottest temperature.- In late May 2017, the western town of Turbat in Pakistan hit
128.3 degrees, tying the all-time highest temperature in that country and the world-record temperature for May, according to Masters.
