Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Western North American heat wave
Wikipedia is not a newspaper, and a weather report is a most transient form of news. The article does not show that any all-time records were broken yet. Records for a given calendar day are somewhat trivial because there are so many days during the hot (or cold) season. "The heat wave may extend to eastern North America by July 12, with highs around 100 (38 ºC) for New York and Washington D.C.1" does not belong in an encyclopedia, because it is trivial and because is a crystal ball prediction, and because those would not be records. It is not the function of an encyclopedia to have an article about how hot it gets every summer and how cold it gets every winter in every part of every country.  This is despite the fact that the weather (actual or predicted) is a part of every newscast and every newspaper, thus seeming to satisfy  and . It is newsworthy, because people want to plan their daily activities, but not generally encyclopedic because it is often too hot, cold, wet or dry for comfort. The Great Blizzard of 1888 is encyclopedic because it caused vast property damage and a high death toll, and led to requirements that more power lines be placed underground in cities. The 1871 Peshtigo Fire|fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin  is encyclopedic, because a heat wave parched the forest and prairie, followed by the winds from a cold front which fanned the flames. The Dust Bowl was a notable pattern of heat and drought and social upheaval. All had lasting consequences.  This kind of article is best written retrospectively. For now, cover the weather in Wikinews. The article about global warming could have mention of these phenomena if reliable sources relate the events to that claimed trend
— User:Edison, 15:54, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:A (Wikipedia:Notability)