Nights are considered abnormally cold or hot based on the 5th and 95th percentile of the 1960s temperature distribution. These charts show a clear trend: Nighttime temperatures that would have been unusually hot in the 1960s are increasingly common. And as climate change pushes weather distributions towards their tail end, extreme weather becomes more common. Disproportionate impact of extreme heatAs cities get hotter, the burden of extreme heat is unequally distributed. “This is actually a widespread, pervasive problem.”As the climate warms, extreme heat will become more intense and more frequent.

Source: International New York Times September 13, 2021 09:00 UTC