While most headlines are focused on the devastating drought in California, which by some measures is the worst on record, there is another ‘factor’ that has exploded to record highs – the heat. As Bloomberg reports, the California heat this year is like nothing ever seen, with records that go back to 1895 and with 70 percent of the state’s pastures rated “very poor to poor,” according to the USDA, things do not appear to be about to get better any time soon.
As Bloomberg reports,
The California heat this year is like nothing ever seen, with records that go back to 1895. The chart below shows average year-to-date temperatures in the state from January through July for each year. The eastern half of the U.S. has had an unusually cool 2014, but it’s a lone exception compared to the rest of the planet
