>> WE HAD A COOL AND WET START TO THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS AND THE WEATHER PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THESE GAMES.
METEOROLOGIST LAUREN BRAND GIVES US A LOOK AT THE PAST SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES AND HOW THEY COMPARE IT TO THIS YEAR'S. THE AVERAGE HIGH IN PARIS THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 70
DEGREES, WHICH IS PRETTY COMFORTABLE. TEMPERATURES TODAY REACHED 96 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH AND LOOKING AHEAD, TEMPERATURES COULD GRADUALLY COOL DOWN. RAIN IS BACK IN
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS DURING THE RIO GAMES.
TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 57 TO 93 DEGREES WITH VERY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS DURING THE TOKYO GAMES. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 66 TO 95 DEGREES AND THEY ALSO HAD HIGH
HUMIDITY LEVELS. AS FOR THE PAST OLYMPICS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TOKYO, JAPAN, BACK IN 2021. WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING THIS MANY ARTICLES, INCLUDING CNN AND TIME MAGAZINE
INTERVIEW, THE ATHLETE WHO SAID THESE WERE THE WORST CONDITIONS TO COMPETE IN DAILY TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE LOWER 90'S WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 70%. THIS WAS A
VERY DANGEROUS COMBINATION IN MANY ATHLETES HAD DIFFICULTY COMPETING IN THESE CONDITIONS.
HEAT, STROKE, DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND DEHYDRATION, WERE COMMON AND GOING BACK TO RIO DE JANEIRO IN 2016. THE WEATHER WAS VERY MILD. THE OLYMPICS TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST
FROM THE 5TH TO THE 21ST, WHICH IS OUR SUMMER IN BRAZIL AND THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
THAT IS THEIR WINTER WITH THE LOCATION BEING CLOSE TO THE EQUATOR. TEMPERATURES AVERAGE IN THE LOW 80'S DURING THE GAMES. RIO IS VERY SIMILAR TO MIAMI IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL AND OVERALL CLIMATE. THERE HAVE BEEN A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN THE PAST. AND IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE EXTREME CONDITIONS YET AGAIN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MANY PEOPLE ARGUE FOR THE OLYMPICS TO BE MOVED TO DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR. SO THE
ATHLETES DON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THE NEXT SUMMER OLYMPICS ARE SET TO BE HELD IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. AND I LOOKED AHEAD TO SEE WHAT
POTENTIAL CONDITIONS THESE ATHLETES COULD BE DEALING WITH DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. LOS ANGELES HAS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 79 DEGREES IN AUGUST. LITTLE
RAINFALL, WARMER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY COULD BE PRESIDENT AT THE NEXT OLYMPICS. NOT ONLY DO THESE OLYMPIANS HAVE TO MAKE IT TO THE OLYMPICS, BUT THEY ALSO
HAVE TO COMPET