Summer 2023 had very few dry weekends. This summer could look similar in Massachusetts.
A long range forecast by the National Weather Service, predicted a hot and rainy summer.
Temperatures in June, July and August are expected to be above average in 2024 across all of New England. Similarly, parts of Colorado, Texas and Nevada are also expected to get above average temperatures.
Summer 2023 had very few dry weekends. This summer could look similar in Massachusetts.National Weather Service
Precipitation for those months is leaning to be above average in most of New England. Northern Maine is expected to have an average amount of precipitation for the season.
The average temperatures and precipitation is compared to seasons dating back to 1991, according to the National Weather Service.
Summer 2023 had very few dry weekends. This summer could look similar in Massachusetts.National Weather Service
Flooding was a massive problem in 2023 due to all of the rain.
Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto told the Associated Press in 2023 that these weather changes were going to keep happening due to climate change.
“This story, these impacts, are going to continue,” Schmidt said. “We’re going to be seeing this pretty much this year and into next year” with a natural El Nino warming of the Pacific adding to the overwhelming influence of human-caused climate change largely from the burning of coal, oil and gas.
