Stanley's Cold August; Snow Forecast In Utah; Britain Faces Blackouts: Net Zero Disaster; + Sea Levels: No Runaway Rise

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Stanley's Cold August

Stanley, Virginia just logged its coolest August in 57 years.

Afternoon highs averaged 79.9F (27C), more than 5F below normal. The thermometer hit 90F (32C) only once, on Aug 17, topping out at 91F (33C). By comparison, August 1988 averaged 89.4F (32C) with 20 days above 90F.

Lows averaged 61.3F (16C), with the monthly minimum of 49F (9C) posted on Aug 30.

Records fell, including on Aug 28 when 51F (11C) bested a 1969 benchmark.

Stanley’s chill was no anomaly. NOAA data show the U.S. as a whole endured a markedly cool August — finishing cooler than August 1904 and many Augusts since. Maximums, as per even the official data, have barely budged in more than a century:

Averages likewise:

Snow Forecast In Utah

Utah’s peaks are forecast their first flakes of the season this weekend as a Gulf of Alaska low slides into the state.