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Currently in NYC — October 2, 2023: Hazy sunshine
Plus, a record-hot start to October around the world.
Stacy Blundell & Eric Holthaus
October 02, 2023
The weather, currently.
Warm with hazy sunshine
I hope you all made it through the flooding okay. It felt apocalyptic which is a word that feels right to use way too often lately. I’m writing this outside and as I look up, a haze of wildfire smoke blankets the eastern sky. Over 14 inches of rain fell in Central Park in September. It was one of the wettest months on record. Good riddance to that mess. Thankfully, October is starting out much better. We have some mild days to start spooky season. Monday will be mostly sunny with a high of 77°F. Enjoy it!
Bike Forecast:
7 out of 10
What you need to know, currently.
The first day of October was the hottest October day in recorded history for several places around the world, including the entire nation of Spain, Sydney, Australia, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In Cordoba, Spain, the temperature reached a new October national record of 38.2°C (100.8°F) on Sunday amid a late-season heat wave that’s only just the latest to strike southern Europe this year. This summer was the hottest ever measured in southern Spain.
In Sydney, Australia, the growing El Niño is beginning to take its toll with hot and dry weather escalating and bushfires taking off.
And here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the temperature soared to 92°F, setting a new monthly record and forcing city officials to cancel the annual marathon.
With global oceans record-warm, it’s likely that we’ll have a stretch of several more months of record-breaking air temperatures, too.
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