Heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather, and the human-caused climate crisis is making heat waves more severe and prolonged. He said locals in the rural farming community, home to just 700 people, are used to extreme heat. As always, cold beers were on tap in a place where 40 C temperatures are not unusual, he said. “Once you cross 40 C, it doesn’t matter whether it’s 42 or 49 C, it’s just damn hot,” Mccullough told CNN. The extreme heat, monitored over a three-day period from January 7-9, was made 1.6 C hotter because of climate change, the analysis found.