Hot temperatures continued to bake the U.S. last month, making it the third warmest June on record.
Hot temperatures continued to bake the U.S. last month, making it the third warmest June on record.
We’re halfway through 2018 and the U.S. has already experienced six billion-dollar weather disasters. These include four severe storms and two winter storms that were responsible for 36 deaths combined and caused significant and costly damage.
Let’s see how the month of June and the year to date fared in terms of the climate record:
The average June temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 71.5 degrees F (3.0 degrees above average), making it the third-warmest June in the 124-year record. The warmer temperatures stretched across much of the lower U.S., but near and below-average temperatures prevailed in the Northwest and Northeast, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Continue reading at NOAA.
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