Andres Matamoros, while selling fresh fruit and cold coconuts from his roadside stand in Houston on June 28, 2023, wipes away the sweat from his face. Numerous daily maximum temperature records were broken in the South during June and the first half of July, with the majority occurring in Texas.
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Andres Matamoros, while selling fresh fruit and cold coconuts from his roadside stand in Houston on June 28, 2023, wipes away the sweat from his face. Numerous daily maximum temperature records were broken in the South during June and the first half of July, with the majority occurring in Texas.
David J. Phillip/AP
In the coming months, the United States can expect more hot weather, as federal forecasters warn. This is attributed to both human-caused climate change and the El Niño climate pattern.
El Niño is a cyclic climate phenomenon that brings warm water to the equatorial Pacific Ocean, resulting in higher average global temperatures. The current El Niño started in June and is expected to continue until March 2024, as announced by officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
According to NOAA meteorologist Matthew Rosencrans, there is a 90% or greater chance of El Niño continuing through the northern hemisphere winter.
El Niño exacerbates the effects of human-caused climate change, making it more likely for heat records to be broken worldwide. The first half of 2023 was exceptionally warm, with
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