Heat waves of 2022

This page documents notable heat waves worldwide in 2022.

Heat waves

January
  • January 10-16: Several countries of South America were hit by a severe heatwave. Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and certain parts of Brazil experienced experience extreme temperatures, with Argentina suffering the worse impacts.[1] According to WMO it affected water, energy supply, and agriculture.[2] Buenos Aires reached 41 °C (106 °F) and over 700,000 people lost power there.[3] Parts of the country reached 45 °C (113 °F).[4][5]
  • January 14: In Australia, in the town of Onslow, the temperature hit 50.7 °C (123.3 °F). If verified, the temperature would be tied as the highest in the Southern Hemisphere.[6]
  • January 18-23: In Perth, the capital city of Western Australia the city experienced 6 consecutive days with temperatures in excess of 40 °C (104 °F). Perth had 11 days of temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F) during the 2021-2022 summer, smashing the previous record of seven days recorded in 2016-2017.[7]

February
  • February 8-13: Multiple cities in central and southern California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego experienced a record-breaking heat wave. San Francisco recorded 78 °F (26 °C) on February 10, an all-time record for the city for meteorological winter. Palm Springs recorded 93 °F (34 °C) on February 11.[8]

April

See also

References
  1. Aires, Reuters (2022-01-14). "'Another hellish day': South America sizzles in record summer temperatures". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. WMO [@wmo] (January 12, 2022). "#Argentina's #heatwave is impacting health, energy and water supplies, agriculture (and more). It reached 41.1°C in the capital Buenos Aires at 1600 yesterday, per @SMN_Argentina. Córdoba recorded temperature of 42.5°C. #Climatechange increases intensity and frequency of heatwaves" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. Buenos Aires hits 106 degrees amid severe South American heat wave, Washington Post, January 12, 2022
  4. Power grid fails as Argentina hit by record-breaking heatwave, Independent, January 12, 2022
  5. Aires, Reuters in Buenos (2022-01-14). "'Another hellish day': South America sizzles in record summer temperatures". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  6. Australia hits 123 degrees, tying highest temperature on record in Southern Hemisphere, Washington Post, January 13, 2022
  7. Paul Karp (23 January 2022). "Perth swelters through record six consecutive days over 40C temperatures". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. Travis, Courtney (11 February 2022). "Winter heat wave sets all-time February record highs in California cities". AccuWeather. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  9. Forister, Peter (2022-04-26). "Heatwave in India breaks records, still worsening". earthsky.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.


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