Climate Central has been pushing the hot weather scam particularly hard, with flagrant lies and disinformation like this.
Summers in most of the U.S. are already warmer than they were in the 1970s. And climate models tell us that summers are going to keep getting hotter as greenhouse gas emissions continue. What will this warming feel like? Our new analysis of future summers illustrates just how dramatic warming is going to be by the end of this century if current emissions trends continue unabated.
87 Cities, 4 Scenarios and 1 Really Hot Future | Climate Central
There has been no trend in the number of 100 degree days in DC, with the worst summers being 1900 and 1930.
US summer temperatures peaked in the 1930’s and bottomed in the 1970’s. Heidi starting her trend in the 1970’s is hard core blatant fraud, intended only to deceive.
The frequency of hot days in the US has plummeted, and is at historic lows.
The animation below compares the number of stations that reached 40C in 2014 vs. 1936.
The US used to be much hotter. Heidi’s claims of increasing heat serve no purpose other than to mislead readers.