Table 2.
Regions | Maximum Temperature Criteriona | EHE 90 | EHE 95 | ||||||||||
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EHD Counts | EHE Frequency | EHE Duration | EHD Counts | EHE Frequency | EHE Duration | ||||||||
Increase | 95% CI | Increase | 95% CI | Increase | 95% CI | Increase | 95% CI | Increase | 95% CI | Increase | 95% CI | ||
South (AR/TX) | Maximum | 1.35 | 0.85–1.85 | 0.14 | 0.06–0.21 | 1.37 | 1.08–1.66 | 1.12 | 0.79–1.48 | 0.21 | 0.12–0.30 | 0.60 | 0.41–0.78 |
Median | 1.96 | 1.48–2.45 | 0.25 | 0.18–0.33 | 1.26 | 0.95–1.59 | 1.90 | 1.56–2.27 | 0.24 | 0.18–0.32 | 1.18 | 0.94–1.43 | |
Minimum | 1.21 | 0.79–1.61 | 0.07 | 0.00–0.14 | 0.62 | 0.41–0.84 | 0.80 | 0.55–1.07 | 0.11 | 0.05–0.17 | 0.37 | 0.20–0.55 | |
West (CA) | Maximum | 0.62 | 0.19–1.05 | −0.03 | −0.11–0.04 | 0.46 | 0.17–0.73 | 0.47 | 0.14–0.80 | 0.10 | 0.03–0.17 | 0.27 | 0.05–0.49 |
Median | 0.63 | 0.18–1.06 | 0.05 | −0.04–0.13 | 0.27 | 0.01–0.51 | 0.15 | −0.11–0.42 | −0.01 | −0.07–0.06 | 0.25 | 0.05–0.44 | |
Minimum | 1.82 | 1.38–2.24 | 0.30 | 0.23–0.37 | 0.96 | 0.68–1.24 | 0.54 | 0.25–0.82 | 0.03 | −0.03–0.09 | 0.28 | 0.08–0.48 | |
Midwest (IA) | Maximum | 1.53 | 1.06–1.98 | 0.28 | 0.19–0.37 | 1.14 | 0.92–1.34 | 1.41 | 1.10–1.72 | 0.38 | 0.28–0.47 | 0.83 | 0.65–0.98 |
Median | 0.95 | 0.48–1.36 | 0.26 | 0.18–0.33 | 0.49 | 0.25–0.71 | 1.30 | 0.95–1.61 | 0.24 | 0.15–0.33 | 0.79 | 0.61–0.95 | |
Minimum | 1.27 | 0.78–1.68 | 0.17 | 0.09–0.24 | 0.34 | 0.09–0.57 | 1.09 | 0.78–1.37 | 0.10 | 0.01–0.18 | 0.68 | 0.51–0.85 | |
Southeast (NC/GA) | Maximum | 1.18 | 0.69–1.66 | 0.15 | 0.08–0.23 | 0.51 | 0.21–0.80 | 0.60 | 0.31–0.88 | 0.17 | 0.11–0.24 | 0.30 | 0.12–0.48 |
Median | 0.84 | 0.41–1.27 | 0.12 | 0.05–0.18 | 0.57 | 0.32–0.84 | 0.32 | 0.08–0.56 | 0.19 | 0.12–0.26 | 0.09 | −0.04–0.22 | |
Minimum | 0.57 | 0.23–0.93 | 0.08 | 0.03–0.13 | 0.13 | −0.07–0.32 | 0.24 | 0.02–0.45 | 0.24 | 0.18–0.31 | 0.21 | 0.07–0.34 | |
Northeast (NY) | Maximum | 1.41 | 0.99–1.80 | 0.14 | 0.06–0.20 | 0.91 | 0.71–1.11 | 0.82 | 0.56–1.07 | 0.24 | 0.16–0.32 | 0.49 | 0.34–0.62 |
Median | 1.29 | 0.87–1.67 | 0.10 | 0.02–0.18 | 0.43 | 0.23–0.62 | 0.74 | 0.48–0.99 | 0.18 | 0.09–0.25 | 0.44 | 0.30–0.58 | |
Minimum | 0.51 | 0.12–0.88 | 0.06 | −0.01–0.12 | 0.28 | 0.09–0.46 | 0.01 | −0.20–0.23 | −0.12 | −0.19–−0.05 | −0.05 | −0.18–0.07 | |
Southwest (UT) | Maximum | 1.37 | 0.88–1.83 | 0.33 | 0.25–0.42 | 0.46 | 0.17–0.75 | 0.41 | 0.09–0.71 | 0.10 | 0.02–0.17 | −0.06 | −0.28–0.15 |
Median | 2.18 | 1.68–2.67 | 0.27 | 0.20–0.34 | 1.07 | 0.75–1.37 | 1.16 | 0.82–1.46 | 0.40 | 0.32–0.48 | 0.24 | 0.02–0.44 | |
Minimum | 2.46 | 1.92–2.93 | 0.35 | 0.27–0.42 | 1.07 | 0.73–1.39 | 1.53 | 1.20–1.84 | 0.42 | 0.34–0.49 | 0.76 | 0.53–0.97 |
EHD indicates excessively hot day; EHE, extreme heat event.
Maximum, median, or minimum grid‐cell daily maximum temperature T max‐cell was used to represent the regional daily maximum temperature, T max‐region.