Michael Rawlins Speaks with WWLP about Hottest Summers in Hampshire County, MA
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Those living on or near the UMass Amherst campus this summer, you weren't imagining things: the nearby Westover Air Reserve Base estimated that this summer tied with 2005 as the fourth-hottest on record in western Massachusetts, with an average temperature of 72.3°F—two degrees above the seasonal norm.
To mark this alarming milestone, WWLP recently spoke with Michael Rawlins, associate professor in the College of Natural Sciences's Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences and associate director of the Climate System Research Center at UMass Amherst, to zoom in and learn the top ten hottest summers in the recorded history of Hampshire County, MA, which encompasses Amherst:
The hottest summers in Hampshire County according to climatology professor Dr. Micheal Rawlins from UMass Amherst:
- 2005
- 1949
- 2020
- 2021
- 2018
- 2022
- 1973
- 2010
- 1955
- 2016
— WWLP
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Michael Rawlins
Extension Associate Professor
Micheal Rawlins is an associate director of the Climate System Research Center and extension associate professor.
