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

Kansas City's baseball stadium ran misters to cool people off in heat near 100 degrees on June 28, 2023. AP Photo/Charlie RiedelSummer 2023 was 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. As an atmospheric sc