Heat Wave In 2024. Through may 2024, every month since june 2023 has been the warmest on record for that month, and last year as a whole ranked as the warmest ever. Over the past five decades, the country has experienced more than 700 heat wave events claiming more than 17,000 lives, according to a 2021 study of extreme.
Boston, massachusetts, hit 98°f and hartford,. June, july, and august 2024 combined were about 0.2 degrees fahrenheit (about 0.1 degrees celsius) warmer globally than any other summer in nasa’s record — narrowly topping the record just set in 2023.
