# Summer 2023 was the hottest on record – yes, it’s climate change, but don’t call it ‘the new normal’

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/summer-2023-was-the-hottest-on-record-yes-its-climate-change-but-dont-call-it-the-new-normal/
- Published: 2023-09-14T09:45:04-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Kansas City’s baseball stadium ran misters to cool people off in heat near 100 degrees on June 28, 2023. Photo credit: AP Photo / Charlie Riedel. Article by Scott Denning. The Conversation – September 13, 2023. Summer 2023 has been the hottest on record by a huge margin. Hundreds of millions of people suffered as heat waves cooked Europe, Japan, Texas and the Southwestern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for a record 54 days, including a 31-day streak in July. Large parts of Canada were on fire. Lahaina, Hawaii, burned to the ground. […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio