Think NC is already too hot? Get ready to feel 3 months of 90-plus degrees, study says
Story Date: 7/18/2019

 

Source: Bailey Aldridge, NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/17/19


If you think North Carolina is already sweltering, researchers have some bad news for you. By the middle of this century, there will be three months’ worth of days that feel hotter than 90 degrees outside, about a month and a half’s worth that feel hotter than 100 and almost a month’s worth that feel hotter than 105, according to a study done by the Union of Concerned Scientists. To put that in perspective, historically the state has had about a month’s worth of days that feel hotter than 90...

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