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Currently in Chicago — August 3, 2023: Typical August temperatures
Plus, Beijing gets its worst rainstorm in history.
Tim McGill & Eric Holthaus
August 02, 2023
The weather, currently.
Warmer & more humid
Takeaways for Chicago’s weather:
1. Seasonably warm
2. Best chance of rain Sunday
3. Cooler start to next week
A warm end to the week but no extreme heat. Partly to mostly sunny Thursday and Friday with highs in the lower to middle 80s and cooler lakeside. A few scattered showers and thunderstorms possible Saturday but mostly cloudy and mostly dry with highs in the lower 80s and cooler lakeside. Better chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms Sunday with a high in the lower 80s. Highs will hit the lower 80s again Monday and Tuesday with partly to mostly sunny skies.
What you need to know, currently.
Beijing has just endured 744.8 mm (29.3 in) of rain in just 72 hours — the heaviest three-day rainstorm in the recorded history of the capital city of China, dating back to at least 1860.
Images and video from Beijing and the surrounding area show absolutely torrential floodwaters and widespread effects as thousands of rescue workers have been dispatched to help look for survivors.
The rain came from the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, which Currently covered last week as it was approaching the Philippines and Taiwan. Sea surface temperatures near the Chinese coast are well above average, contributing to the anomalous moisture in the air. In Hebei Province, just to the west of Beijing, the rainfall totals were even higher — as much as 1003 mm (39.5 in) over the past 72 hours.
The river course in the west of Beijing after the heavy rain
— Jim yang (@yangyubin1998)
11:14 AM • Aug 1, 2023
China’s hottest-ever temperature was also recorded this summer — as Sanbao in Xinjiang Province hit 52.2°C (126°F) on July 16th — which Currently also summarized as it happened.
What you can do, currently.
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