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Illinois at center of ‘extreme heat days’ forecast

 
Illinois, Missouri and Iowa are forecast to have the greatest rise in extreme heat days in the U.S.

Illinois, Missouri and Iowa are forecast to have the greatest rise in extreme heat days in the U.S. Moody's Investors Service

Host Brian Mackey often cites a report from Moody’s Investors Service and its affiliated climate intelligence firm Four Twenty Seven, which suggests central and western Illinois will see the greatest rise in "extreme heat days" in the country. Given the early-summer heat wave we just experienced, he dug into his archives to share, for the first time, an interview with the author of the report.

Guest: 

Ryan Patton
Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service