Death Valley experiences hottest month ever recorded on earth [just verified]:
“The destruction adds to California’s worst wildfire year on record — dozens dead … denominator connects the disastrous fires: California is facing extreme heat…”
“Seattle reached its second hottest July on record by reaching 89 degrees Monday. Monday also ties the most consecutive days of at least 85 degrees.”
http://www.kuow.org/post/photos-seattle-sweats-out-very-hot-july
“At the moment, drought and fire are ravaging much of the planet… And the turbulent weather could continue, as NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 70 per cent chance of another El Nino occurring this winter.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/el-nino-2018-noaa-prediction-1.4768316
“The Arctic Circle — the realm of polar bears and dwindling sea ice at the top of the world — hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit, 32 degrees Celsius, this week.
“This was the temperature in Banak, Norway on July 30, though some Norwegian areas even reached a couple degrees warmer, according to the European meteorology site severe-weather.eu. Banak sits atop northern Europe, over 350 miles above the bottom edge of the Arctic Circle.”
https://mashable.com/2018/07/31/arctic-heat-wave-climate-change/?europe=true#pqg7pKrHoaqK
Hottest July for Sweden:
https://www.thelocal.se/20180731/sweden-had-its-hottest-ever-july-breaking-several-weather-records
“Amid scorching temperatures, almost 65 percent of arable land in Poland has been affected by drought, according to state news agency PAP.”
http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/375616,Aid-for-Polish-farmers-hit-by-drought-floods
“July will go down in German weather history as one of the hottest since measurements began. And the month’s final 24 hours have smashed the year’s temperature record… Early August is not set to bring relief from the blistering heat.”
https://www.thelocal.de/20180731/tuesday-smashes-years-heat-record-as-heatwave-set-to-continue
“Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much heat that fish are beginning to suffocate. “I’m expecting a tragedy as soon as next week,” Philipp Sicher from the Swiss Fishery Association told German news agency dpa.”
Spain and Portugal poised to break all-time heat record for Europe:
“Sydney and large regions of eastern Australia posted their hottest July on record and there’s little sign the long-running above-average temperatures are about to recede.”
“The average temperature in eastern Japan was the highest for the month since 1946, when observations began. It was 2.8 degrees higher than usual. Western Japan had its second-hottest July ever, up 1.6 degrees over normal.”
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180801_32/
“The mercury hit 41 degrees Celsius in Hongcheon [Korea] in the eastern province of Gangwon, the highest since record-keeping began in 1907.”
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180801_34/
“War, corruption, and poverty have plagued Afghanistan for generations. These have generally led to a myriad of exacerbating issues like a lack of healthcare infrastructure, education, and political unification. Now another devastating obstacle has struck the country: the worst drought in decades.”
https://sofrep.com/106550/drought-in-afghanistan-worst-in-recent-history/
