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The northernmost city in the United States just had its hottest July on record, as other spots in Alaska had their hottest month overall. Heat records also fell in a few western cities, as well as the fearsomely hot Death Valley, where July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth.
Those hotspots stood out in what was the 10th hottest July on record for the Lower 48 states, topping off the second hottest year-to-date for the country by a hair, according to data released Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Three states are having their hottest year on record more than halfway through the year, while several more are running in second or third place.
While weather patterns have a big impact on monthly temperatures — as the cooler weather of early August shows — the overall warming of the planet is tipping the odds in favor of record heat. In fact, July had four times as many daily record highs as record lows, according to meteorologist Guy Walton, who keeps track of such streaks using NOAA’s data.
The record heat in Alaska fell along the North Slope, which lies above the Arctic Circle, and the central interior of the state.
Now Silly Billy, the claim was for heat in Alaska and the West. So stop your lying by misdirection. Smells just as bad as the facts you pull out of your ass.Andrea Thompson needs to check her facts.. it WAS NOT the hottest ever in the thermometer record.. and neither was it the hottest in the paleo records... She needs to lay off the weed.. And Mathew needs to check facts..
