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Currently in Philadelphia — October 2, 2023: Sunny and warm
Plus, a record-hot start to October around the world.
Eric Holthaus & Abe Musselman
October 02, 2023
The weather, currently.
Sunny and warm. Also, warm and sunny
The rain held off on Saturday, but it was nice and cool, so I spent the entire day at FDR Park, bouncing back-and-forth between the Southeast Asian food market, a little DIY music festival under the bridge, and the various ponds for some snakehead fishing. It occurred to me that if I took up skateboarding, I could probably just live there full-time. The temperature has gone up a bit, and you can look forward to a couple days of warm weather before things cool down again toward the weekend. Today, we’ll have a high of 80˚F, with lots of sun and not too much humidity. Here’s hoping you also get to enjoy a little bit of everything this week.
— Abe Musselman
What you need to know, currently.
The first day of October was the hottest October day in recorded history for several places around the world, including the entire nation of Spain, Sydney, Australia, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In Cordoba, Spain, the temperature reached a new October national record of 38.2°C (100.8°F) on Sunday amid a late-season heat wave that’s only just the latest to strike southern Europe this year. This summer was the hottest ever measured in southern Spain.
In Sydney, Australia, the growing El Niño is beginning to take its toll with hot and dry weather escalating and bushfires taking off.
And here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the temperature soared to 92°F, setting a new monthly record and forcing city officials to cancel the annual marathon.
With global oceans record-warm, it’s likely that we’ll have a stretch of several more months of record-breaking air temperatures, too.
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