39 consecutive days without measurable rainfall (<0.2 mm of rain) here in Herne Bay as of today - the local record (back to 1961) is 44 days from 13th April to 26th May 2011. For summer, it's 43 days from 8th June to 20th July 2018. The record could very well go.

One thing to mention here, and why we are transitioning to use the relative index RONI, is because the oceans are warming so fast it’s much easier to reach these huge anomalies these days. This shows the warming in the ENSO 3.4 region. Thanks Brian McNoldy for the graph. @bmcnoldy.bsky.social

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 13h ago

*2026 El Niño Ahead by a Mile* It’s remarkable for us scientists to witness El Niño’s evolution. If you had asked us if something like this was possible a year ago, it would have been a definitive no. But here we are… already more than 1C (& 3 months) ahead of the next strongest episode in 1997… 1/

AUSTRIA also had its hottest night in history MIN 28.5 Homstein Absolutely insane, Europe has never seen anything like this.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World@extremetemps.bsky.social · 8h ago

‼️ABSOLUTELY CRAZY 41.2C IN AUSTRIA ALL TIME NATIONAL RECORD BROKEN AGAIN And again 10 stations >40C And again Hundreds of record smashed Bad Deutsch, the first Austrian station to rise to 40C in 2013,has just taken the national record back. 40C seems routine now in Austria.

The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.

New South Wales is in the middle of its 30th consecutive warmer than average winter — and a past staple of the season is rapidly vanishing.

'Christmas card scene': Snowy winters in regional NSW melting into history

New South Wales is in the middle of its 30th consecutive warmer than average winter — and a past staple of the season is rapidly vanishing.

abc.net.au

This is a really positive development in people’s general perceptions about EV’s. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Australians cut ties with servos as EV record sales continue

Over the past year, electric car sales have tripled, as anxiety about fuel shortages and rising petrol prices continues.

abc.net.au

Above-normal temperatures are expected worldwide in the next 3 months. 🔴 indicates the likelihood of above-normal surface air temperature in the region; ⚪️ for near-normal; 🔵 for below-normal. Deeper shades reflect higher probability, not temperature intensity. https://bit.ly/4xchyvT

Dangerous and extreme heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through tomorrow, before slowly migrating eastward across the central Plains and southeastern U.S. by this weekend. Monsoonal showers will help bring some relief from extreme temperatures across portions of the Desert Southwest.

0.7°C at 5:30 am at 4750 m asl! 🔥 Crazy temp this morning on Mt Blanc... 🌡🥵

Current state of Arcouzan Glacier below N face of Mont Valier (2838 m, Ariege)! 🏔🧊 The easternmost and one of the smallest, lowermost and most remote in the Pyrenees!

From Rocciamelone (3,538 m, Graian Alps) Aug. 2026 | Aug. 2013 Astonishing demise of one of the main glaciers in the Upper Maurienne Valley over last decade View towards Pte de Charbonnel (3,752 m asl), highest peak in the Graian Alps (see also: bsky.app/profile/subf...) 📷Via @meteoinpiemonte

Melaine Le Roy@subfossilguy.bsky.social · 3w ago

Love this view of the Avérole Valley showcasing the perfect pyramid of the ice-capped Pointe de Charbonnel (3,752 m asl), the highest peak in the Graian Alps! 🏔️🧊 Background left is Baounet Glacier, one of the largest of the Upper Maurienne Valley 📷 Paul Helbronner (first decade of the 20th c.) ⏳

Ferpècle Glacier (Val d'Hérens, Valais) 2016 | 2026 The worst decade ever! 🧊🔥 Valley glaciers have virtually disappeared from the Alps (except the five largest)! 😰 To think that this glacier was connected to Mont Miné Gl. until 1956! ⏱️ 📷 2026 pic (taken today) by Sandra Belin-Gorsic 🙏

EXTRAORDINARY EVENT HUNDREDS OF RECORDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC We are witnessing the most extreme event Europe has ever seen 40.6 Doksany HOTTEST AUGUST DAY IN CZECH HISTORY Min 27.9 Bystřice pod Hostýnem HOTTEST NIGHT EVER IN CZECHIA Nearly every single record was destroyed ! Kudos Map: CHMU

ARCTIC RECORD WARMTH The world's Northernmost places above 80N had exceptional temperatures up to +17C (Station Nord,Greenland). Absolutely exceptional the MINIMUM of +12.7C at Clyde,CANADA :It shattered by huge margin its all time High Minimum record.

It was the hottest July on record for mean temperature and mean maximum temperature in Reading since records began in 1908. By mean temperature, it is also the hottest month on record since 1908. Extraordinarily sunny too, with just over 358 hours recorded.

Many parts of southern England recorded 0mm of rainfall in July, a first since records began in 1871. No sign of meaningful rainfall in the next 2 weeks either as high pressure re-builds, the drought continues. 📷 Blackheath, London

MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE Brutal conditions with over 50C daytime and over 35C nightime continues. Widespread records allover the area. Some of the most extreme MINIMUMS tonight in the EMIRATES: 38.5 Swiehan 36.8 Al Ain Next days,we might see some MINIMUMS of 40C. Absolutely brutal

Austria has set a new all time temperature record of 41.0°C today. 9 separate weather stations recorded >40°C as heatwaves & record temperatures continue to impact the Northern Hemisphere.

This session was, as always, recorded and is now available for viewing via the same link below! I will have at least three other wildfire and El Niño-focused live events over the next week in different venues (see my other posts for details).

Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 3d ago

At 1pm PT on Mon, Aug 3, I'll have a live update on the historic wildfire disaster that unfolded over the weekend in Spokane, Washington, including causes and context, then discuss the very active wildfire conditions currently present elsewhere in West.

More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

Wildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structures

The Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief.

spokesman.com

Meanwhile in the USA...

Alexandra (Alex) Duggan@alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 3d ago

More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

Another El Niño Record! Watch as heat back ups at the end. The heat building below the surface, which fuels El Niño, is higher than ever measured. This shows the heat just below the Trop Pacific sfc, moving from the W.Pacific Warm Pool where it’s stored, to the E. Pacific Sfc where El Niño forms 1/

See 2026 on right? It’s the hottest the El Niño subsurface has ever been measured. If we are being honest, we have to do serious research into how excess heat due to climate change (90% stored in Ocean) likely fuels stronger El Nino’s. To no one’s surprise, stored heat is coming back to haunt us!

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2d ago

Another El Niño Record! Watch as heat back ups at the end. The heat building below the surface, which fuels El Niño, is higher than ever measured. This shows the heat just below the Trop Pacific sfc, moving from the W.Pacific Warm Pool where it’s stored, to the E. Pacific Sfc where El Niño forms 1/

Nouveau record absolu national de température minimale quotidienne la plus élevée établi ce dimanche 2 août en Slovénie : la température n'est pas descendue sous 28,7°C à Vedrijan (précédent record absolu : 27,4 °C les 19 juillet et 26 août 2024 à Koper Markovec).

Agencija RS za okolje@arso-vreme.bsky.social · 3d ago

🌡 Najbolj izstopa Vedrijan, kjer se v nedeljo, 2. avgusta 2026, temperatura ni spustila pod 28,7 °C. To je nov absolutni rekord najvišje najnižje dnevne temperature. Prejšnji rekord, 27,4 °C, smo dvakrat izmerili na postaji Koper Markovec - 19. julija in 26. avgusta 2024. 🧵2/4

The wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/

Seven of the top-10 costliest wildfire disasters in the EM-DAT database have occurred since 2016. I've omitted EM-DAT's $11 billion estimate for the "nationwide" wildfires in Canada in 1989, since it isn't for a specific location/wildfire.

Six of the top-10 costliest wildfire disasters in world history have occurred since 2017.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE -HISTORIC WEEK day #1 Hundreds of records have fallen allover Europe in the first of a historic week which will rewrite anew European climatic history From France To The Balkans throughout Central Europe ,records are falling EVERYWHERE I ll start posting soon

This is Brady. He gets excited to wake up his bunny every morning. Promised he would be a responsible pet owner, and we think he's doing an excellent job. 13/10 (IG: goodboyscann)