{"id":36856,"date":"2018-08-20T07:56:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36856"},"modified":"2018-08-20T07:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:56:03","slug":"the-u-s-just-suffered-the-hottest-may-june-july-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36856","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. just suffered the hottest May-June-July on record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. just suffered the hottest May-June-July on record<\/a><\/h3>\n

Death Valley had the hottest average monthly temperature for any recording station in the world, 108.1 degrees F.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you found yourself thinking it was scorching hot in recent weeks, well, you were right.<\/p>\n

For the three-month period of May to July, the entire contiguous United States (CONUS) \u201cranked hottest on record,\u201d as the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, California tweeted out<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday, adding that \u201crecords go back to 1895.\u201d<\/p>\n

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No need to adjust your screen. The entire CONUS ranked hottest on record for the 3-month period May-June-July at 70.9 degrees F. Records go back to 1895. #<\/span>CAwx<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>LAheat<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>heatwave<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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That map comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report<\/a>, \u201cAssessing the U.S. Climate in July 2018,\u201d released last week.<\/p>\n

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But NOAA didn\u2019t mention the May-June-July heat record in its report, and that left it to the NWS in Los Angeles to point out the sea of red across the contiguous U.S.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NOAA did point out<\/a> that in California in particular, \u201cJuly was off the charts: The state saw its hottest July and hottest month on record with an average temperature of 79.7 degrees F.\u201d<\/p>\n

No wonder the state has been ravaged by deadly, record-smashing wildfires this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 108.1 degrees F,\u201d NOAA noted, \u201cDeath Valley, California, had the hottest\u00a0average<\/em>\u00a0monthly temperature for any recording station in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the National Park Service points out<\/a>, \u201cIf that doesn\u2019t sound hot to you, realize that is the average\u00a0temperature for the month, including overnight lows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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