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The U.S. Just Had Its Hottest Summer on Record, NOAA Says
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Wednesday that the United States experienced its warmest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, with average temperatures reaching 74.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
- This summer's average temperature surpassed previous records set in 1936 and 2021 by 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit, continuing a trend where four of the hottest summers occurred within the past five years.
- Nationally, 1,541 record monthly highs were set or tied, while average August temperatures reached 75.6 degrees Fahrenheit—3.5 degrees above the 20th century average.
- Powerful heat domes affected nearly every state besides Alaska and Hawaii, driving record-breaking temperatures across the Southwest; Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado each set summer records.
- Human-Caused climate change alongside a strengthening El Niño pattern is intensifying heat waves and increasing global temperatures, with U.S. summer months warming about 0.46 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1970.
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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.
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The meteorological summer, defined as the period from June to August, reached an average temperature of 74.4 °F in the 48 contiguous states and exceeded by 0.4 °F the previous records of 1936 and 2021, according to the NOAA climate report
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