Continental US Records Hottest July on Record
The continental United States experienced its hottest July ever recorded, with an average temperature of 24.9 degrees Celsius, as heatwaves scorched the country. This record-breaking month also coincided with unprecedented ocean temperatures globally.
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Ocean heat records broken as hottest July temperature recorded
Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions, as wildfires continue to ravage western Europe.
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The US's NOAA weather agency reported that the average July temperature was the warmest of any month in its 132-year record. This could be further exceeded in 2027 due to delayed effects from the El Niño phenomenon.
Read full article →July was hottest month ever recorded in US as heatwaves scorched country
Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis July was the hottest month ever recorded in the US, with repeated, scorching heatwaves across much of the country helping shatter all previous monthly temperature records stretching back over the full 132 years of reliable measurements. Last month’s average temperature was 3.3F (1.8C) higher than the 20th century average for the contiguous United States, which excludes Alaska and...
By Oliver Milman
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