“These trends represent climatological expectations,” Nielsen-Gammon said in the report. “The actual weather from year to year and decade to decade will be heavily influenced by natural variability which at this point is largely unpredictable.”

The extreme weather report takes aim at everything from hotter temperatures, to increased wildfire risks. These are climate factors that Texans dread — combining unbearable heat with sparking deadly fires. An earlier study even found that Texas is on track to see 125-degree days within 30 years. In 2022, MedStar reported a 115.6% increase in emergency calls because of the heat compared to the previous year.

Since Texas cities placed protections on workers during extremely hot days, instances of heat illnesses have dropped across the stare.

The average annual surface temperature in Texas by 2036 is expected to be several degrees warmer than in years past.

Temperatures in 2036 are expected to be 3 degrees warmer than the average from 1950-1999, and 1.6 degrees warmer than the average from 1991-2020.

“This would make a typical year around 2036 warmer than all but the absolute warmest year experienced in Texas during 1895-2020,” Nielsen-Gammon wrote.

—Fort Worth Star-Telegram

EU agrees to expand Iran sanctions for missile attacks on Israel

European Union foreign and defense ministers secured a political agreement on Monday to impose new sanctions on Iran over its attack on Israel.

The restrictive measures will further expand the sanctions that the E.U. already imposed on Tehran for supplying Russia with drones to also include missiles and drones that Iran has provided its proxies in the Middle East. The sanctions may not be formally adopted until later in the week to allow for the technical work to be completed.

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