Summer forecasts require high temperatures from coast to coast, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
The city’s heat index is rising nationwide
As global temperatures rise, the heat index is rising across the country. These are cities that are getting even hotter this year.
Meteorologists say summer is around the corner – and it is going to be Doozy.
June 1 is the kickoff for three months, the first day of meteorological summer, and you usually feel the hottest one (although the calendar technically says it’s spring until June 20th). According to multiple outlooks, the summer of 2025 will be scorcher.
Summer forecasts require temperatures that are hotter than coast-to-coast temperatures, according to NOAA’s Climate Forecast Centre and other private forecasters.
“The model’s guidance was overwhelmingly superior to most of the US and Alaska,” told USA Today in an email to USA Today, meteorologist Johnna Infanty at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
Some parts of the US are not predicted to see a cooler than average summer. That’s bad news:
Where should it be the hottest?
The temperature will exceed normal temperatures in the West, Southwest, Florida and New England, Infanti said.
What about rainfall and droughts?
DTN meteorologist John Baranick said in an online forecast that forecasts for the overall hot and dry summer still remain in many countries.
Northwest, Northern Rockies and Great Plains are likely to have below normal precipitation, the CPC said. Droughts are preferred to persist or spread in these regions and in the southwest.
The eastern US is preferred to see wet summers, including drought relief in the second half of June.
Predicting wildfires
According to the National Interagency Coordination Center, some parts of the country are likely to experience major wildfires. In June, central Texas, four corners, and parts of California and the Pacific Northwest, there is a higher risk of fire.
In July and August, fire risk will shift to Hawaii, the Southern Plains, and to parts of the Northwest basin.
However, as the country saw in late May, fires in Canada could affect air quality here at Paul Pasteloc, an Accuweather meteorologist in the US. He said the fires in Canada will bring smoke to us in the Northwest and North Central areas until summer, exacerbating health concerns among people susceptible to poor air quality.
