The numbers from July 2026 are in, and they are staggering: across the contiguous United States, the month shattered nearly 3,000 daily temperature records — 2,608 heat records against just 350 cold records — in three separate waves that took turns torching the East Coast, the Northern Plains, and the desert Southwest.
#ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322660/20260801/july-2026-likely-americas-hottest-month-ever-new-dome-hits-west-today.htm
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