Climate Changed
Sizzling U.S. Heat Strains Power Grids, Withers Texas Cotton
- Dallas-Fort Worth reaches 108 degrees, breaks record from 1925
- Warm-weather forecast in California spurs natural gas prices
Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
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It’s so hot in Texas that the power grid keeps breaking demand records, and it’s forecast to get so warm in California next week that natural gas prices have risen to a nine-year seasonal high.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area shattered a 93-year-old daily heat record Thursday, reaching 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius), the sixth straight day of triple-digit temperatures . It could reach 110 degrees Friday, and the heat index could be even higher. Los Angeles is projected to see temperatures above 90 degrees over the next two weeks.