ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 7月19日 10時27分

Phoenix broke a 49-year-old record on Tuesday with the city’s 19th consecutive day of temperatures 110 degrees or higher, part of a punishing heat wave that spanned much of the Northern Hemisphere.

The forecast called for a high of 117 degrees Fahrenheit, and similarly soaring high temperatures were expected in the city at least through Friday. The monsoon season, which typically brings cooling storms to Arizona around this time of year, has been delayed. And even the nights have offered little relief. For more than a week, the overnight low temperatures in Phoenix have not dipped below 90 degrees.

Much of the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing withering high temperatures, which scientists warn are increasingly likely. The record-breaking temperatures are being driven by emissions of heat-trapping gases, mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels and by the return of El Niño, a cyclical weather pattern.

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