Heat

If you're in the continental US this week you've no doubt experienced one of the worst heat waves in a while. It's hitting 100 (Fahrenheit, sorry) in New York today and the same air mass broke records across the country as it slid east. To that end, here are a few explanatory science links to get you through your needlessly hot Friday afternoon:

• An excellent guide to NOAA's heat and humidity satellites
• A great overview of the insanity that was midwest weather this week (that and the previous link via boingboing's Maggie Koerth-Baker)
• Heat and public health from weather.gov
• Wikipedia's great list of historical heat waves
• A peak into the fascinating and contentious economic literature on heat and agricultural yields

Enjoy!