2021 heat waves#Eurasia

{{main|2021 Eurasia winter heatwave}}

Across Europe{{cite web|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/winter-heat-wave-delivers-major-warmup-to-europe/907142|title=Temperatures jump as winter 'heat wave' envelops parts of Europe|publisher=AccuWeather|access-date=21 November 2022|date=27 February 2021|author=Maura Kelly}} and parts of Asia, unusually high-temperatures in the late-winter period were reported from 20 February until 28 February 2021.

File:Temperature in Moscow, Russia (23.06.2021, 17.18 UTC+3).jpg

Parts of Russia and eastern Europe were hit by record-breaking heat wave in June and July, with temperatures in the Arctic Circle above {{convert|30|C}} and highest June temperature were recorded in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Temperature {{cvt|20|C-change}} above average hit central and eastern Europe, with the highest anomalies centered on Scandinavia and parts of western Russia, due to the heat dome effect.{{cite news |newspaper=Washington Post |title=Records crumble in Europe, Russia amid scorching heat wave |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/24/june-heat-wave-europe-russia |date=24 June 2021}} Anticyclone conditions over Russia resemble those in the 2010 heat waves, with parts of Siberia were {{cvt|15|C-change}} higher than normal.{{cite news |work= Moscow Times |title=Russia's Record-Breaking Heatwave to Continue Into July – Weather Service |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/06/24/russias-record-breaking-heatwave-to-continue-into-july-weather-service-a74319 |date=24 June 2021}} The shores of the Barents Sea saw hotter temperatures than beaches in Italy and southern France, around {{convert|25|-|30|C}} for several days.{{cite news |work= Moscow Times |title=Russian Arctic Temps Now Hotter Than in Mediterranean |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/20/russian-arctic-temps-now-hotter-than-in-mediterranean-a73965 |date=20 May 2021}}

In June 2021, Kazakhstan faced a record-breaking increase in temperatures in western parts of the country, specifically the Kyzylorda, Mangystau, and Turkistan regions. As a result, the Kazakh meteorological service Kazhydromet forecasted that an extreme drought would take place.{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-06-18|title=Экстремальная засуха ожидается в Казахстане|url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/ekstremalnaya-zasuha-ojidaetsya-v-kazahstane-440713/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Tengrinews.kz|language=ru}} By 7 July, the temperatures reached up to {{convert|46.5|C}}.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-27|title=Kazakhstan: Drought - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation n° MDRKZ010 - Kazakhstan|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/kazakhstan/kazakhstan-drought-emergency-plan-action-epoa-dref-operation-n-mdrkz010|access-date=2021-08-28|website=ReliefWeb|publisher=International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies|language=en}} Prior to the announcement of increased temperatures, photos from the Mangystau Region emerged on social media which showed emaciated horses on a verge of dying.{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-06-02|title=Жуткие фото умирающих от голода лошадей в Мангистау обсуждают в Сети|url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/jutkie-foto-umirayuschih-goloda-loshadey-mangistau-439150/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Tengrinews.kz|language=ru}} According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the cause for situation was due to lack of pasturage in the area as a result of several climatic conditions, and that measures would be implemented to prevent the further casualties of livestock.{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-06-02|title=Причину гибели лошадей в Мангистау назвали в Минсельхозе|url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/prichinu-gibeli-loshadey-v-mangistau-nazvali-v-minselhoze-439192/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Tengrinews.kz|language=ru}} The Khabar Agency on 16 June 2021 reported that approximately 2,000 livestock had died with Kazakh lawmakers calling for a state of emergency to be implemented in the Mangystau and Kyzylorda regions, citing the problems in farmers whom were unwilling to feed the cattle due to inflated costs for animal feed.{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-06-16|title=Режим ЧП могут ввести в двух областях|url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/rejim-chp-mogut-vvesti-v-dvuh-oblastyah-440521/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Tengrinews.kz|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2021-06-16|title=Почти 2 тыс. голов скота погибли от голода в Кызылординской и Мангистауской областях - Новости Казахстана и мира на сегодня|url=https://24.kz/ru/news/incidents/item/480621-pochti-2-tys-golov-skota-pogibli-ot-goloda-v-kyzylordinskoj-i-mangistauskoj-oblastyakh|access-date=2021-08-28|website=24.kz|language=ru-ru}} In July 2021, due to worsening situation, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on Agriculture Minister Saparhan Omarov to resign, citing his failure to provide assistance to struggling farmers.{{Cite web|title=Kazakh Agriculture Minister Fired For Failing To Help Farmers Affected By Drought|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-agriculture-minister-fired/31351802.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en}} On 13 July, a state of emergency was introduced in the Aral District in an attempt to solve the shortage of feed.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-13|title=Режим ЧС ввели в Аральском районе - Новости Казахстана и мира на сегодня|url=https://24.kz/ru/news/social/item/486214-rezhim-chp-vveli-v-aralskom-rajone|access-date=2021-08-28|website=24.kz|language=ru-ru}} In a visit to Mangystau Region, Acting Agriculture Minister Erbol Qaraşukeev pledged that 1.9 billion ₸ would allocated in order to reduce the costs of livestock feed and that a ban on its exports would be placed as well.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-15|title=Исполняющий обязанности министра сельского хозяйства посетил Мангистаускую область|url=https://informburo.kz/novosti/ispolnyayushij-obyazannosti-ministra-selskogo-hozyajstva-posetil-mangistau|access-date=2021-08-28|website=informburo.kz|language=ru}}

{{main|2021 Western North America heat wave}}

An extreme heat wave affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021.{{Cite web|last=Ingwersen|first=Julie|date=2021-07-12|title='Wither away and die:' U.S. Pacific Northwest heat wave bakes wheat, fruit crops|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wither-away-die-us-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-bakes-wheat-fruit-crops-2021-07-12/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Reuters}} Rapid attribution analysis found this was a 1000-year weather event, made 150 times more likely by climate change.{{cite web|date=July 7, 2021|title=Western North American extreme heat virtually impossible without human-caused climate change|work=World Weather Attribution|url=https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/western-north-american-extreme-heat-virtually-impossible-without-human-caused-climate-change/}}{{Cite web|title=Rapid attribution analysis of the extraordinary heatwave on the Pacific Coast of the US and Canada June 2021.|url=https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/wp-content/uploads/NW-US-extreme-heat-2021-scientific-report-WWA.pdf|access-date=17 August 2021|website=World Weather Attribution}} The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and, in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in Canada.{{cite news|last1=Dickson|first1=Courtney|date=June 25, 2021|title=Western Canada heat wave expected to break daily, all-time temperature records|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/western-canada-heatwave-1.6081519|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626040014/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/western-canada-heatwave-1.6081519|url-status=live}} The heat wave appeared due to an exceptionally strong ridge centered over the area, whose strength was linked to the effects of climate change.{{Cite web|last=Mulkern|first=Anne C.|date=June 28, 2021|title=Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unprecedented-heat-wave-in-pacific-northwest-driven-by-climate-change/|url-status=live|access-date=June 29, 2021|website=Scientific American|language=en|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628225328/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unprecedented-heat-wave-in-pacific-northwest-driven-by-climate-change/}}{{Cite news|date=2021-07-08|title=Climate change: US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57751918|access-date=2021-07-08}} It resulted in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the region,{{cite news |last1=Berardelli |first1=Jeff |title=Pacific Northwest bakes under once in a millennium heat dome |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-dome-2021-seattle-portland-weather/ |access-date=June 27, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627172311/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-dome-2021-seattle-portland-weather/ |url-status=live }} including the highest temperature ever measured in Canada at {{convert|49.6|C}}.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-07-01|title=Weather Summaries|url=https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701010527/https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html|archive-date=2021-07-01|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Environment and Climate Change Canada}} The exact death toll is unknown, and growing. On July 6, preliminary statistics released by the British Columbia Coroner Service indicated 610 more sudden deaths than usual occurred in the province and Alberta logged 66 excess deaths in the week of the heat wave;{{Cite news|last=Potestio|first=Michael|date=2021-07-21|title=Estimate on number of suspected heat-related deaths rises to 808|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/21/estimate-on-number-of-suspected-heat-related-deaths-rises-to-808.html|access-date=2021-07-22|website=Toronto Star|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Lisa|date=2021-07-06|title=Alberta saw spike in reported deaths during heatwave, causes still under investigation|language=en-CA|website=Edmonton Journal|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/alberta-saw-spike-in-reported-deaths-during-heatwave-causes-still-under-investigation|access-date=2021-07-07}} the Chief Coroner of British Columbia later said that in the week between June 25 to July 1, 569 deaths were confirmed to have happened due to heat-related causes.{{Cite web|last=Lapointe|first=Lisa|date=2021-07-30|title=Chief coroner's statement on public safety during high temperatures|url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021PSSG0071-001523|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210802014231/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021PSSG0071-001523|archive-date=2021-08-02|access-date=2021-08-02|website=news.gov.bc.ca|language=en}} Confirmed deaths in the United States include at least 116 in Oregon (of which 72 are in Multnomah County, which includes Portland),{{Cite web|date=2021-07-07|title=Death toll from record-breaking heat wave hits 116 in Oregon|url=https://apnews.com/article/oregon-heat-waves-2f6a8cafdb82f91792cff19fe10367e6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708050719/https://apnews.com/article/oregon-heat-waves-2f6a8cafdb82f91792cff19fe10367e6|archive-date=2021-07-08|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Associated Press|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Tabrizian|first=Ardeshir|date=2021-07-07|title=Oregon's heat wave death toll grows to 116|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2021/07/oregons-heat-wave-death-toll-grows-to-116.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708050335/https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2021/07/oregons-heat-wave-death-toll-grows-to-116.html|archive-date=2021-07-08|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Oregonian|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-07-08|title=County working on preliminary report of June 2021 heat wave deaths; focusing on housing type, cooling, demographics|url=https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/county-working-preliminary-report-june-2021-heat-wave-deaths-focusing-housing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709154632/https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/county-working-preliminary-report-june-2021-heat-wave-deaths-focusing-housing|archive-date=2021-07-09|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Multnomah County|language=en}} at least 112 in Washington{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=John|date=2021-07-20|title=2021 heat wave is now the deadliest weather-related event in Washington history|url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/heat-wave-death-toll-in-washington-state-jumps-to-112-people|access-date=2021-07-22|website=KUOW|language=en}} and one death in Idaho;{{Cite web|last=Schwedelson|first=Paul|date=2021-07-08|title=Treasure Valley has first death caused by heat wave|url=https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/treasure-valley-has-first-death-caused-by-heat-wave/article_256bcecf-64ef-5056-a09a-2e415b230b9f.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708052731/https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/treasure-valley-has-first-death-caused-by-heat-wave/article_256bcecf-64ef-5056-a09a-2e415b230b9f.html|archive-date=2021-07-08|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Idaho Press|language=en}} though an analysis by The New York Times suggests that around 600 excess deaths occurred on the week the heat wave passed through Washington and Oregon.{{Cite news|last1=Popovich|first1=Nadja|last2=Choi-Schagrin|first2=Winston|date=2021-08-11|title=Hidden Toll of the Northwest Heat Wave: Hundreds of Extra Deaths|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/11/climate/deaths-pacific-northwest-heat-wave.html|access-date=2021-08-11|issn=0362-4331}}

In July, a heat wave in Europe led to record-breaking temperatures in the UK and Ireland.

A heat wave impacted North America in August 2021.{{cite news |last1=FLACCUS |first1=GILLIAN |title=Northwest sizzles as heat wave hits many parts of US |url=https://apnews.com/article/science-health-environment-and-nature-heat-waves-e8e6618ff89fa085ba6f9ba005ab0b2d |access-date=August 12, 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=August 12, 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2021-08-12|title=The heat wave is here: Seattle has a 'good shot' of breaking a few temperature records|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/the-heat-wave-is-here-seattle-has-a-good-shot-of-breaking-a-few-temperature-records/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}} The heat wave was the second of the summer for the Pacific Northwest.{{Cite news|title=Washington and Oregon brace for brutal weekend as new heatwave arrives|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/12/washington-oregon-heatwave-weather-seattle|last1=Golden|first1=Hallie|last2=Anguiano|first2=Dani|date=August 12, 2021|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 13, 2021}}{{Cite news|title=Residents In The Pacific Northwest Are Getting Ready For Another Heat Wave|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/08/11/1026672403/oregon-washington-climate-change-heat-wave|date=August 11, 2021|work=NPR|location=Portland, Oregon|agency=Associated Press|access-date=August 13, 2021}} A state of emergency was declared in Oregon.{{Cite news|title=Oregon declares state of emergency as another 'extreme heatwave' looms|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/11/oregon-heatwave-pacific-northwest-state-emergency|last=Golden|first=Hallie|date=August 12, 2021|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 13, 2021}} The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for the Portland metropolitan area (including Vancouver, Washington), most of the Columbia River Gorge, and the Willamette Valley.{{Cite news|title=Portland residents suffer in sweltering Pacific Northwest heat wave|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/portland-residents-suffer-sweltering-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-2021-08-12/|last=Yau|first=Justin|date=August 12, 2021|work=Reuters|location=Portland, Oregon|access-date=August 13, 2021}} Cooling centers were opened in Portland.{{Cite news|title=Oregonians get little relief amid second day of dangerous heat|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/08/hot-nights-offer-little-relief-as-oregon-braces-for-second-day-of-dangerous-heat.html|last=Williams|first=Kale|date=August 12, 2021|work=The Oregonian|access-date=August 13, 2021}} Oregon's climatologist said the heat wave is "an indicator of a troubling trend".{{Cite news|title=State climatologist: Oregon's second heat wave indicates troubling trend|url=https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/state-climatologist-oregons-second-heat-wave-indicates-troubling-trend/article_c0b8fa72-58f1-5e12-8f50-875ffc2893c1.html|last=Pfeifer|first=Maddie|date=August 11, 2021|work=Corvallis Gazette-Times|access-date=August 13, 2021}}

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