“When the seasons change, that’s where there can be problems,” he said. “People don’t expect it.” The new system takes that into account: for example, the threshold to trigger a warning in April is 23 degrees versus 32 in July.
This is not about warning people of dangerous heat. This is about getting the number of "heatwaves" up so that the claim that man is warming the planet and changing the climate can be supported as the earth continue TO COOL.
Much like they started counting names storms to gauge hurricane season since hurricanes have dropped of significantly.