08-08-2012, 03:51 PM
July 2012 - The hottest month on record for the Continental US (terrible impacts on farmers and ranchers highlighted in article)
The average temperature across the Lower 48 was 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.3 degrees above the 20th-century average, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration reported. That edged out the previous high mark, set in 1936, by two-tenths of a degree, NOAA said.
More here:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/us/tempera...?hpt=hp_t1
The average temperature across the Lower 48 was 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.3 degrees above the 20th-century average, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration reported. That edged out the previous high mark, set in 1936, by two-tenths of a degree, NOAA said.
More here:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/us/tempera...?hpt=hp_t1