Tag: el nino
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Global heat stuck on high; scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured
WASHINGTON • Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August’s sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through…
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August brought near-record heat and drought conditions to Colorado Springs
Despite occasional showers and thunderstorms over the past two weeks, Colorado Springs had one of the hottest and driest summer months in recent memory, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. The average temperature for the month was 73.8 degrees – nearly four degrees warmer than normal – making it the fourth-warmest August since…
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Rocky Ford melon farmers hopeful to see a ‘comeback’ in this season’s crop
Following a rough farming season in Colorado over the summer of 2023 due to unprecedented rain and hailstorms, Michael Hirakata of Hirakata farms said he hopes his Rocky Ford cantaloupe and watermelon crop will have a better time of it this season. “We’re praying for a comeback,” Hirakata said. “But we have a long way…