After the heat waves in the Eastern U.S. and in Europe in June, we’re now having a second set of 2025 heat waves. This time in the Southeast, where Atlanta, Georgia recorded 100 F for the first time. Another heatwave continues in the Southwest, where Phoenix has had 11 days in a row at 110 F and over , reaching 116 F on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

The Canadian forests continue burning, and the smoke has returned to the Northeast and Midwest , reaching down to Texas .

My family in Iowa tell me that, in recent years, wildfires have started burning up corn fields. They say Iowans have learned to tell by the smell whether a farmer’s field is burning or a forest is burning.

In our north Sound region, records at Paine Field in Everett show we had less than 1/10th of an inch of rain each week

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