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July was the hottest month on record for contiguous US: NOAA
National weather data released on Monday found July was the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States.
TL;DR
- July 2023 was the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States.
- The average temperature for the Lower 48 states was 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit.
- This temperature was approximately 3 degrees higher than the 20th-century average.
- The month surpassed July 1936 and July 2012 for the warmest July and warmest month overall.
- Every state in the contiguous U.S. recorded temperatures in the warmest third of their July records.
- Thirteen states experienced one of their five warmest Julys on record.