The US Just Had Its Hottest Summer on Record, Beating the Dust Bowl Era
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Most of the United States this year experienced temperatures above average or well above average by August, while near-normal conditions were only observed in areas of the northern and Middle plains.
The US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The United States just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, soundly beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to data released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Previously, those two years
The United States lived its hottest summer in 132 years driven by climate change and the El Niño phenomenon.
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US had warmest summer on record: climate agency
Average temperature for the meteorological summer, defined as the June-to-August period, was 74.4F (23.6C), exceeding previous records, set in 1936 and 2021, by 0.4F. That means that four of the hottest summers on record occurred within the past five years, with 2022 and 2024 taking fourth and fifth place respectively, with human-caused climate change, due mainly to the burning of fossil fuels, looming large over the trend. The so-called "Dust B…
Summer 2026 is the warmest recorded by the United States since the beginning of weather surveys This year, the United States experienced its warmest summer in more than 130 years.
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