Climate Impact Report – 7/26

July 26, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 7/26

Due to pathogens and hurricane impacts, Florida’s harvest decreased 60% from the previous season and produced just 18.1 million boxes in the 2022 to 2023 growing season—the smallest harvest in almost a century.
Forecasts from the Climate Prediction Center say there is at least a 20% chance of tropical development in the Atlantic during late July and early August.
On Friday, another active day of monsoon storms is expected across Arizona.

As of Thursday, 89 large active wildfires have burned 1,253,640 acres across AK, AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY. This year to date, 26,825 wildfires have burned 3,633,567 acres across the country.
In Arizona, 11 fires have burned 34,779 acres as of Thursday.
In California, 15 fires have burned 104,175 acres as of Thursday.
- The Park fire has burned more than 120,000 acres and quickly became the largest in the state so far this year.
In Nevada, 1 fire has burned 2,873 acres as of Thursday.
In New Mexico, 2 fires have burned 5,094 acres as of Thursday.
In Oregon, 34 fires have burned 899,399 acres as of Thursday.
- The Durkee fire burned more than 268,000 acres and is now the largest wildfire in the United States.
- As of Thursday afternoon, more than 4,000 people in Oregon were under evacuation orders.
In Washington, 9 fires have burned 114,714 acres as of Thursday.

On Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an urgent and concerted effort to enhance international cooperation to address extreme heat.
Hurricane Beryl’s death toll in Texas rose to 36, including more who lost power in extreme heat.
A NOAA scientist warned that nearly all of the world’s oceans are experiencing unusual warmth, which has contributed to the extreme heat baking much of the Northern Hemisphere this summer.