“To have five-day stretches or a week-long stretch above 90 degrees is very, very rare for the Pacific north-west,” Portland State University professor of climate adaptation Vivek Shandas said, as The Guardian reported. The region is not expected to bake as hotly as it did during the historic heat wave that soared past records there in 2021, but it could close in on daily reocrds and records for the length of time it swelters under higher than usual temperatures. population of almost 40 million people under heat alerts Tuesday, The Washington Post reported. Its residents joined the people of the Southern Plains to make up a total U.S.
to brace for record-breaking temperatures as the climate crisis makes its effects known in heat waves around the world. The Pacific Northwest is the latest region of the U.S. But this week it could see 90 degree temperatures four days in a row, as National Weather Service (NWS) Seattle meteorologist Jacob DeFlitch told The Washington Post. In fact, it’s basically taking a good chunk of the grazing lands of the United States with drought.The average temperature in late July for Seattle, Washington, is 79 degrees Fahrenheit. “The drought extends all the way down to Texas. “So I think we’re gonna have some major problems going forward in the U.S. is very poor this year for the Plains,” Douglas said. Douglas accurately predicted last year’s dry conditions that caused one of the worst growing seasons in recent memory.īut in 2022, Rain and cool temperatures predicted in April suggest farmers may delay planting crops in the northern half of the Corn Belt, meaning prices could go up, Douglas said.Īlthough May will usher in warmer temperatures, creating optimism for farmers in the Midwest, portions of the Plains, North and South Dakota and Montana are anticipated to be “bone dry,” meaning the likelihood of a “good winter wheat crop in the U.S. La Niña is caused by a build up of cooler-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean that push the jet stream north, leading to a drier conditions in much of the Western U.S.ĭouglas, who analyzes sea surface temperature anomalies going back to 1950 for potential weather patterns, thinks El Niño could develop in 2023. is likely to continue, although the interior Pacific Northwest may be a “possible exception,” he said. La Niña is predicted to persist through the summer, meaning the drought in the U.S. The Ag Expo, held Tuesday through Thursday, returned to an in-person conference this year, following a virtual event in 2021 due to the pandemic.Īs spring gives way to summer, weather in the Pacific Northwest will continue to be cooler than normal, he said. Many farmers in the region look forward to Douglas’ annual forecasts at the Ag Expo as they plan spring crops. “My feeling is you’re going to have a pretty good turnaround with that crop because of this spring forecast.” “So you guys are going to be kind of the lucky folks as we go towards the spring,” Douglas continued. “The only good moisture for the spring forecast is up in the Pacific Northwest, all the way along the Canadian border towards Michigan.” “It’s going to be dry in the southwestern U.S, and into the Plains, impacting the spring wheat in that particular area as well as the winter wheat in that area,” he said. will cause the desert southwest, central and southern Plains to heat up in the spring, while the Pacific Northwest will remain cooler than usual, said Art Douglas, a professor emeritus of atmospheric sciences at Creighton University. Spring is expected to bring rain and cooler temperatures to the Pacific Northwest this year, a weather expert told farmers Tuesday at the Spokane Ag Expo and Farm Forum.Īfter a cold snap in February, high pressure coming from the Pacific Ocean into the U.S.
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