July Was the Hottest Month on Record in Parts of the Colorado Mountains—and the Second Hottest Statewide.

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Colorado just experienced its second-hottest July on record, continuing a long-term warming trend that scientists say is linked to human-caused climate change. Marked by repeated heat waves, July scorched the state with temperatures averaging 4.8 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, according to the Colorado Climate Center's monthly climate summary. “Summer and fall are the seasons where the signal of climate change has been most e…