Heat Dome Descends on Central U.S.

Extreme temperatures and humidity affected millions of people in the Midwest, Great Plains, and South in August 2023.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published August 25, 2023
Data acquired August 23, 2023

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