July 2012 was the hottest month on record. According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration the average temperature across the Lower 48 was 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.3 degrees above the 20th-century average. The new record is slightly higher than the 1936 record, edging out that years temperature average by two-tenths of a degree. July also [...]
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